HEAT-PRODUCTION IN THE CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE .2. VARIATIONAL APPROACH

Authors
BODRI L CERMAK V
Citation
L. Bodri et V. Cermak, HEAT-PRODUCTION IN THE CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE .2. VARIATIONAL APPROACH, Tectonophysics, 225(1-2), 1993, pp. 29-34
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Tectonophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00401951
Volume
225
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
29 - 34
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-1951(1993)225:1-2<29:HITCL.>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A variational approach to identify the depth distribution of radiogeni c heat generation in the crust is utilized. It is inferred that in the crust, in which at least the upper section represents a porous medium where fluid circulation may exist, the exponential distribution, incl uding an additional term corresponding to the removed part of radioele ments, is optimal.