1 - Terrestrial Heat
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 May 2010
Summary
From thence I gathered the creation of the world did fall out upon the 710 year of the Julian Period, by placing its beginning in autumn: but for as much as the first day of the world began with the evening of the first day of the week, I have observed that the Sunday … happened upon the 23 day of the Julian October; from thence concluded that from the evening preceding that first day of the Julian year, both the first day of the creation and the first motion of time are to be deduced.
The Annals of the World, IV – Archbishop James Ussher, 1658.Geothermal data provide critical constraints for models of global accretion, core–mantle segregation and crustal evolution. Temperature history is a controlling factor in the maturation of organic compounds into fossil fuels. Geothermal energy is a relatively clean, renewable means of heat and electricity production. Yet, in spite of the number and variety of applications of geothermal research, the means of measuring, assessing and interpreting basic geothermal data are poorly understood by all but a small number of specialists, even among those whose job it is to manipulate such data.
This book aims to bring together many aspects of basic geothermal research in an accessible way. Although some concepts require mathematical treatment, these will be kept to a minimum and, where possible, practical examples will be used as illustrations.
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- Crustal Heat FlowA Guide to Measurement and Modelling, pp. 3 - 22Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001