03593nam 22006013 450 991077758070332120230216172558.097866102472401-280-24724-X(CKB)1000000000450898(EBL)3377639(SSID)ssj0000147244(PQKBManifestationID)11151102(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147244(PQKBWorkID)10016008(PQKB)11445874(SSID)ssj0000295188(PQKBManifestationID)12062206(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000295188(PQKBWorkID)10312343(PQKB)11772080(MiAaPQ)EBC3377639(EXLCZ)99100000000045089820170301d1980|||| ua 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEnergetics of the Earth /John VerhoogenWashington :National Academies Press,1980.1 online resource (147 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-309-03076-5 0-309-57117-0 Includes bibliography and indexes.""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 ""Electronic booksEarth temperatureEarth (Planet)Internal structureElectronic books.Earth temperature551.1Verhoogen John1912-.1569883AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910777580703321Energetics of the Earth3843061UNINA