Open AccessHeat Balance of the Earth's Core
Author(s) -
Verhoogen John
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.tb07119.x
Subject(s) - core (optical fiber) , inner core , convection , geology , earth (classical element) , geophysics , thermodynamics , mechanics , materials science , physics , composite material , mathematical physics
Summary It is shown that the heat necessary to maintain convection in the core may come from slow cooling and crystallization of the core with corresponding growth of the solid inner core. The present rate of cooling would be of the order of 10–45 degrees per 10 9 years, depending on temperature.