Geothermics Heat Flow in the Lithosphere /

• Main Authors: Pasquale, Vincenzo (Author), Verdoya, Massimo (Author), Chiozzi, Paolo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Renewable energy resources.; Geophysics.; Hydrogeology.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Earth Sciences, general.

After a brief review of global tectonics and the structure of the crust and upper mantle, the basic relations of conductive heat transport and the rock thermal properties are introduced as well as the various methods for measuring thermal conductivity and heat generation due to the decay of radioact...