Heat Transport and Energetics of the Earth and Rocky Planets (Paperback)

1. Observational Constraints on Heat Transport inside Earth
2. Models for Conductive (Diffusive) Cooling on Planetary Scales
3. The Diverse Processes of Heat Transport on Planetary Scales
4. Gravitational process that do and do not create heat
5. Convection inside spherical, self-gravitating, layered bodies
6. Thermal models of the Continental Lithosphere as a floating slab
7. Thermal models of the Oceanic lithosphere as a sinking slab
8. Current Radial Thermal Structure of Earth’s Interior
9. Plate tectonics
10. Thermo-chemical Evolution of the Earth
11. Observational Constraints from other Planetary Bodies
12. Terrestrial Planets other than the Earth
13. Other rocky and rock-ice bodies
14. Conclusions and Future Work
Appendix 1