Open AccessSome Aspects of the Thermal History of the Earth
Author(s) -
Jacobs J. A.
Publication year - 1937
Publication title -
geophysical journal international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0956-540X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1937.tb07118.x
Subject(s) - geophysics , geology , earth (classical element) , thermal , structure of the earth , thermal state , inner core , earth history , mantle convection , mantle (geology) , convection , core–mantle boundary , physics , mechanics , thermodynamics , seismology , paleontology , lithosphere , astronomy , tectonics
Summary A number of thermal problems connected with the Earth are discussed–the early thermal history of the Earth and some of its consequences, the formation and state of the inner core, convection in the core and its relation to the Earth's magnetic field, and conditions in the upper mantle.