Energetics of the Earth / John Verhoogen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verhoogen, John, 1912-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earth temperature.

Earth (Planet)--Internal structure.

Earth (Planet).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences, 1980.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""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 ZONES"" ""THE 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 DYNAMO""""GRAVITATIONAL 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 CORE""""SOME FINAL REMARKS""; ""References""; ""Author Index ""; ""Subject Index ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-132) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786610247240

1-280-24724-X