TY  - BOOK
AU  - Verhoogen,John
TI  - Energetics of the Earth
SN  - 0309571170
AV  - QE509 .V45 1980eb
U1  - 551.1/2 22
PY  - 1980///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Academy of Sciences
KW  - Earth temperature
KW  - Géothermie
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Earth Sciences
KW  - Geography
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Geology
KW  - Planets
KW  - Internal structure
KW  - fast
KW  - Earth (Planet)
KW  - Terre
KW  - Structure interne
KW  - Electronic book
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes indexes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-132); Energetics of the Earth -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Energy Sinks -- HEAT FLOW -- VOLCANIC HEAT -- METAMORPHIC HEAT -- STRAIN ENERGY; EARTHQUAKES -- POTENTIAL ENERGY; UPLIFT OF MOUNTAINS -- PLATE TECTONICS -- KINETIC ENERGY OF ROTATION -- SUMMARY -- 2 Energy Sources -- ORIGINAL HEAT -- GRAVITATIONAL ENERGY -- CORE FORMATION -- TIDAL FRICTION -- RADIOGENIC HEAT -- CRUSTAL HEAT VERSUS MANTLE HEAT -- SUMMARY -- 3 Temperatures Within the Earth -- THE UPPER MANTLE -- THE LOW-VELOCITY ZONE -- GEOTHERMS FROM NODULES IN KIMBERLITE; THE MANTLE'S TRANSITION ZONESTHE LOWER MANTLE -- LAYER D -- LAYER D -- THE OUTER CORE -- COMPOSITION OF THE CORE -- TEMPERATURE FROM AN EQUATION OF STATE -- THE ADIABATIC GRADIENT -- THE TEMPERATURE AT THE INNER CORE�OUTER CORE BOUNDARY -- THE MELTING POINT OF IRON -- MELTING IN THE FE-S SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- 4 Dynamics of the Core -- STABILITY OF THE CORE -- CAUSES FOR CONVECTION -- ENERGY REQUIREMENTS OF THE GEOMAGNETIC DYNAMO -- EFFICIENCY OF A STEADY-STATE THERMAL DYNAMO -- AN IMPROVED ESTIMATE OF EFFICIENCY -- THE ENTROPY BALANCE EQUATION; THE GRAVITATIONAL DYNAMOGRAVITATIONAL ENERGY -- VOLUMETRIC RELATIONS -- HEAT OUTPUT OF THE CORE -- 5 Core-Mantle Interactions -- EFFICIENCY OF THE MANTLE -- CONVECTION PATTERNS IN THE MANTLE -- CONVECTIVE PATTERN FOR DISTRIBUTED SOURCES OF HEAT -- HEAT FROM THE CORE -- ADDITIONAL FACTORS IN CONTROLLING THE FLOW -- TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES -- THE VON ZEIPEL INSTABILITY -- EFFECTS OF SURFACE PLATES -- EFFECTS OF PHASE TRANSITIONS IN THE MANTLE -- INFLUENCE OF THE CORE ON CONVECTION IN THE MANTLE; INFLUENCE OF THE MANTLE ON CONVECTION IN THE CORESOME FINAL REMARKS -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
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