Energetics of the Earth / / John Verhoogen
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| Autore: |
Verhoogen John <1912-.>
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| Titolo: |
Energetics of the Earth / / John Verhoogen
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington : , : National Academies Press, , 1980 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (147 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 551.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Electronic books |
| Earth temperature | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Earth (Planet) Internal structure |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliography 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 "" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Energetics of the Earth |
| ISBN: | 9786610247240 |
| 1-280-24724-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827737303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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