Thermal Signatures of Heat Transfer Processes in the Earth's Crust

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Clauser, Christoph (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 1999.
• Σειρά: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, 85
• Θέματα: Geophysics.; Geology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Oceanography.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Atmospheric Sciences.

 This book deals with the signatures left by geodynamic proceses in the temperature field of the Earth's crust. First, it introduces briefly the established, indirect methods for interpreting the present termperature field and methods for reconstructing the thermal fields of the geological past. Then the spatial and temporal scales that are relevant for heat transport processes are described. This problem is discussed both theoretically and on the basis of data from the German Continental Deep Drilling Program (KTB). The climate of the last 200 years and the postglacial warming in central Europe are reconstructed on the basis of two sets of temperature data from shallow and deep boreholes. This book is written for an audience at an advanced undergraduate or graduate level with an understanding of basic physical principles. It avoids particular terminology, and special terms are introduced. 

 Introduction: Indicators of past and present thermal conditions -- Spatial and temporal scales for heat transport processes -- Identification of diffusion and advection: Two case studies from the deepest basement drill holes, the Kola and KTB deep boreholes -- Recognizing deep underground processes: Influence of an intrusion in the lower crust on the thermal regime in the upper Crust.