Geothermics Heat Flow in the Lithosphere 2nd Edition by Vincenzo Pasquale, Massimo Verdoya, Paolo Chiozzi ISBN 3319520830 9783319520834

Lithosphere Structure and Dynamics

• Abstract

• Physical Model

• Discontinuities and Composition

• Global Tectonics

• Forces Acting on the Plates

• References

Heat Conduction and Thermophysical Parameters

• Abstract

• Thermophysical Parameters

  • Thermal Properties of Rocks

  • Radiogenic Heat

• Heat Conduction Equation

• Thermal Conductivity Measurements

  • Divided Bar

  • Needle Probe

  • Transient Divided Bar

  • Data Compilation

• Estimates of Thermal Properties

  • Mixing Models

  • In Situ Thermal Properties

• Determination of Heat-Producing Elements

  • Laboratory Techniques

  • Secular Equilibrium

  • Ground Spectrometry

  • Background Radiation

  • Alteration Processes

  • Radioelement Concentrations and Heat Production

• Radiogenic Heat in Depth

• References

Thermal Structure

• Abstract

• Ground Surface Temperature

• Geothermal Flow

  • Heat Release

  • Geothermal Flow Components

  • Marginal Basins

  • Thrust Sheets

• Temperature Distribution in the Lithosphere

  • Continental Plate

  • Oceanic Plate

  • Ocean Floor Topography

• Thermal Structure of the Deeper Interior

• References

Temperature and Magmatic Processes

• Abstract

• Melting Mechanisms

  • Solidus Intersection

  • Melting by Rifting

  • A Case Study of Magmatic Underplating

• Rheological Behaviour

  • Temperature and Viscosity

  • Lava Flows

• Upwelling Mechanisms

• Solidification and Cooling

  • Lava Lake

  • Intrusive Igneous Bodies

  • Lava Cover

• References

Heat in the Groundwater Flow

• Abstract

• Background

• Heat Advection

  • Vertical Flow

  • Two-Dimensional Flow

  • Péclet Number

  • Application to Borehole Temperature Data

  • Hydrothermal Systems

• Thermal Convection

  • Rayleigh Number

  • Deep Carbonate Reservoirs

• References

Subsurface Temperature and Climate Change Reconstruction

• Abstract

• Introduction

• Inversion of Borehole Temperature Data

  • Thermal Data

  • Ground Surface Temperature History

  • Temperature Time Series

• Pre-observational Mean of Surface Air Temperature

• Forward Modelling

  • Recent Temperature Variations

  • Repeated Borehole Temperature Measurement