Heat Transport and Energetics of the Earth and Rocky Planets
Author:   Anne Hofmeister (Research Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
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9780128184301


Pages:   366
Publication Date:   22 November 2019
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Author:   Anne Hofmeister (Research Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Weight:   0.750kg
ISBN:  

9780128184301


ISBN 10:   0128184302
Pages:   366
Publication Date:   22 November 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Observational Constraints on Heat Transport inside Earth 2. Models for Conductive (Diffusive) Cooling on Planetary Scales 3. Heat Transport Processes on Planetary Scales 4. Physical Constraints on the Initial Conditions and Early Evolution of the Solar System 5. Final-stage, Large-scale Gravitational Processes affecting Planetary Heat Transfer 6. Thermal models of the Continental Lithosphere 7. Thermal models of the Oceanic lithosphere 8. Thermal Structure of the Lower Mantle and Core 9. Thermo-chemical Evolution of the Earth 10. Thermal History of the Terrestrial 11. Chondrules 12. Conclusions and Future Work

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Anne M. Hofmeister is a research professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. She received her PhD in geology from California Institute of Technology and has received several fellowships and awards. She has served as editor of American Mineralogist and was recently the keynote speaker at the European Conference on Mineralogy and Spectroscopy. Her research interests include heat transport, thermodynamics, interaction of light with matter, and the applications of those fields to planetary sciences, earth sciences, astronomy, and materials science. She has authored over 100 journal articles, including conference proceedings.

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