Heat Generation and Transport in the Earth - Hardcover

Jaupart, Claude; Mareschal, Jean-Claude

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521894883 ISBN 13: 9780521894883

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Heat provides the energy that drives almost all geological phenomena and sets the temperature at which these phenomena operate. This book explains the key physical principles of heat transport with simple physical arguments and scaling laws that allow quantitative evaluation of heat flux and cooling conditions in a variety of geological settings and systems. The thermal structure and evolution of magma reservoirs, the crust, the lithosphere and the mantle of the Earth are reviewed within the context of plate tectonics and mantle convection - illustrating how theoretical arguments can be combined with field and laboratory data to arrive at accurate interpretations of geological observations. Appendices contain data on the thermal properties of rocks, surface heat flux measurements and rates of radiogenic heat production. This book can be used for advanced courses in geophysics, geodynamics and magmatic processes, and is a reference for researchers in geoscience, environmental science, physics, engineering and fluid dynamics.

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Book Description:

This up-to-date treatise on heat transport processes explains the key physical principles with simple arguments and scaling laws that allow quantitative evaluation of heat flux and cooling conditions in a variety of geological settings and systems. An essential resource for advanced students and researchers of geophysics, geodynamics and magmatic processes.

About the Author:

Claude Jaupart graduated from the École des Mines de Paris before obtaining a PhD in geophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a doctorat d'Etat from the Université de Paris 7. He has been associated with the Université de Paris 7 and the Institut de Physique du Globe since 1982, serving as director of the IPG between 1999 and 2004, and serving currently as Professor of Geophysics. Professor Jaupart's research covers diverse aspects of the physics of energy transport in the Earth including volcanic and magmatic systems, continental heat flux, and mantle convection. His approach is based on a combination of laboratory experiments in fluid mechanics, field observations, and theoretical studies. His contributions have been acknowledged by many distinctions: the Wager prize from the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (1993), the silver medal from the CNRS (1995), the Holweck and the Mergier-Bourdeix prizes from the Academie des Sciences (1995, 1998), the Prestwich medal from the Geological Society of London (1999), the Holmes medal from the European Geophysical Union (2007) and the Harry H. Hess Medal from the American Geophysical Union (2015).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521894883
• ISBN 13: 9780521894883
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 476