Heat Transport and Energetics of the Earth and Rocky Planets provides a better understanding of the interior of the Earth by addressing the processes related to the motion of heat in large bodies. By addressing such issues as the effect of self-gravitation on the thermal state of the Earth, the effect of length-scales on heat transport, important observations of Earth, and comparison to the behaviour of other rocky bodies, the book clearly delineates the thermal state and evolution of the Earth. Using a combination of fundamentals, new developments in the research, and scientific and mathematical principles, Heat Transport and Energetics of the Earth and Rocky Planets summarizes the state-of-the-art application of heat transport to geophysics. This timely reference is an important resource for geophysicists, planetary scientists, geologists, geochemists, and seismologists to gain a better understanding of the interior, formation, and evolution of planetary bodies. Provides an interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of the thermal evolution of large planetary bodies, including contributed chapters from leading experts in the fieldOrganized in three parts, including relevant observations of Earth and large-scale heat transfer, critical review of existing paradigms of the current thermal state of the Earth using models and observations, and a discussion of heat flow on the other rocky planets Covers macroscopic phenomena as they pertain to deciphering the thermal structure of planetary bodies INDICE: 1. Observational Constraints on Heat Transport inside Earth2. Models for Conductive (Diffusive) Cooling on Planetary Scales3. The Diverse Processes of Heat Transport on Planetary Scales 4. Gravitational process that do and do not create heat 5. Convection inside spherical, self-gravitating, layered bodies 6. Thermal models of the Continental Lithosphere as a floating slab7. Thermal models of the Oceanic lithosphere as a sinking slab 8. Current Radial Thermal Structure of Earth's Interior 9. Plate tectonics10. Thermo-chemical Evolution of the Earth11. Observational Constraints from other Planetary Bodies 12. Terrestrial Planets other than the Earth 13. Other rocky and rock-ice bodies 14. Conclusions and Future WorkAppendix 1
- ISBN: 978-0-12-818430-1
- Editorial: Elsevier
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 300
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2019
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés