Thermal Signatures of Heat Transfer Processes in the Earth’s CrustThis 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. |
Contents
ABSTRACT | 1 |
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALES FOR HEAT TRANSPORT | 9 |
REFERENCES | 97 |
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Thermal Signatures of Heat Transfer Processes in the Earth’s Crust Christoph Clauser Limited preview - 2006 |
Thermal Signatures of Heat Transfer Processes in the Earth’s Crust Christoph Clauser No preview available - 2014 |
Common terms and phrases
advection Archean arrow corresponds attenuation factor Bavaria Bayreuth Bohemian Massif boundary condition calculated column conceptual model constant correlate crystalline basement cutoff value Darcy velocity depth interval determined drilling Earth's crust Earth's surface equation fluid flow fluid inclusions Frankonian Line free convection geological geothermal gneiss ground temperature history groundwater heat flow density heat production rate heat transport heat transport processes homogeneous model hydraulic potential inversion isotope Kohl and Rybach Kola Kola Peninsula Kremenetsky KTB borehole KTB pilot borehole lower crust main borehole Mareschal maximum Mesozoic Mesozoic sediments metabasite model response mW m² paleo-temperature parameter values permeability profile A-B reconstruction regional rock sedimentary SG-3 borehole shallow boreholes signal singular value decomposition singular values steady-state surface temperature Table temperature field Temperature isoline thermal conductivity thermal diffusivity transient upper crust variations vertical component vertical heat flow vertical temperature gradient