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, 2017.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Renewable energy resources.; Climate change.; Geophysics.; Hydrogeology.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.

This book, now in its second edition, offers a comprehensive and modern treatment on the background knowledge of heat transfer processes in the lithosphere. In the light of the success of the first edition, several chapters of the book have been revised and the book has been enriched with a new chap...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Lithosphere Structure and Dynamics
• 2. Heat Conduction and Thermal Parameters
• 3. Thermal State
• 4. Temperature and Magmatic Processes
• 5. Heat in the Groundwater Flow
• 6. Underground Temperatures and Climate Changes.