Energetics of the Earth / / John Verhoogen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827737303321
• Autore: Verhoogen John <1912->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy of Sciences, 1980
• ISBN: 9786610247240; 1-280-24724-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (147 pages)
• Disciplina: 551.1
• Soggetti: Earth temperature; Earth Internal structure
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-132) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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 ""