02745nam a22004455i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001400153072001700167072002300184072001600207100008000223245009300303250001800396264006900414300006400483336002600547337002600573338003600599347002400635490005600659505029800715520096001013650001601973650001701989650001302006650001602019650001702035650001302052710003402065773002602099776003602125776003602161830005602197856004602253978-3-031-62694-4DE-He21320251030112609.0cr nn 008mamaa240702s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830316269447 a10.1007/978-3-031-62694-42doi 4aQC801-809 7aPHVG2bicssc 7aSCI0320002bisacsh 7aPHVG2thema1 aWhitehead, John A.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aEnergy Flow and Earthh[electronic resource] :bHow Earth Works /cby John A. Whitehead.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXI, 149 p. 82 illus., 44 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aSpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences,x2191-59030 a1. An Introduction to Energy Flow and the Discovery of the Great Plates -- 2. Spontaneous Production of Flow Patterns—Cellular Convection -- 3. Energetics of Mantle Convection -- 4. Energy Flow and Magma Generation -- 5. Power and the Building of Continents, Mountains, and the Ocean Basins.  aThis book shows how energy flow plays a major role in: plate tectonics; the formation of continents; ocean basins; and building mountains. Energy flow also produces and drives volcanos, Earth’s magnetic field, the wind belts, our weather, and ocean circulation. The studies of convection cells, eddies, and energy flow all contribute to our understanding of how they are all formed and driven. Insight accumulated during 55 years of research is presented using simple fluid mechanics. The mathematics is algebra. No calculus or advanced geometry is used, so the text is readable to a broad audience. Some laboratory and computer studies are described that help to visualize the applications. This book should appeal to anyone interested in how energy flow is responsible for much of the earth’s larger “workings”. In addition to the general public, these include people who work in applied mathematics, fluid mechanics, earth science, and climate. 0aGeophysics. 0aGeodynamics. 0aGeology.14aGeophysics.24aGeodynamics.24aGeology.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303162693708iPrinted edition:z9783031626951 0aSpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences,x2191-590340uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62694-4