Heat Generation and Transport in the Earth

Heat provides the energy that drives almost all geological phenomena and sets the temperature at which these phenomena operate. This book explains the key physical principles of heat transport with simple physical arguments and scaling laws that allow quantitative evaluation of heat flux and cooling conditions in a variety of geological settings and systems. The thermal structure and evolution of magma reservoirs, the crust, the lithosphere and the mantle of the Earth are reviewed within the context of plate tectonics and mantle convection - illustrating how theoretical arguments can be combined with field and laboratory data to arrive at accurate interpretations of geological observations. Appendices contain data on the thermal properties of rocks, surface heat flux measurements and rates of radiogenic heat production. This book can be used for advanced courses in geophysics, geodynamics and magmatic processes, and is a reference for researchers in geoscience, environmental science, physics, engineering and fluid dynamics.

Spis treści:
Introduction
Credits
1. Historical notes
2. Internal structure of the Earth
3. Basic equations
4. Heat conduction
5. Heat transport by convection
6. Thermal structure of the oceanic lithosphere
7. Thermal structure of the continental lithosphere
8. Global energy budget
9. Mantle convection
10. Thermal evolution of the Earth
11. Magmatic and volcanic systems
12. Environmental problems
13. New and old challenges
Appendix A. A primer on Fourier and Laplace transforms
Appendix B. Greens functions
Appendix C. About measurements
Appendix D. Physical properties
Appendix E. Heat production
List of symbols
References
Index.