Exploring Earth's Composition and Energetics With Geoneutrinos

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Jun 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006eostr..87..253d&link_type=abstract

Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, Volume 87, Issue 26, p. 253-260

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Tectonophysics: Heat Generation And Transport, Tectonophysics: Evolution Of The Earth (0325), Tectonophysics: Earth'S Interior: Composition And State (1212, 7207, 7208, 8105)

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The production of heat by radioactive decay plays a major role in the evolution of the Earth. Present constraints of the amount of heat production come from conflicting assessments of global surface heat flow, which can be directly measured. A high value of 44 +/- 1 terawatts accounts for significant heat flow through the ocean floor by both conduction and hydrothermal convection [Stein, 1995]. A low value of 31 +/- 1 terawatts assumes only a minor hydrothermal effect [Hofmeister and Criss, 2005]. This heat flux is thought to result from heat production and cooling of the planet.

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