Open AccessOn the estimation of the vertical distribution of radiogenic heat production in the crust
Author(s) -
Singh Rishi Narain,
Negi Janardan G.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1980.tb04852.x
Subject(s) - radiogenic nuclide , crust , heat equation , geology , distribution (mathematics) , logarithm , exponential function , exponential distribution , geophysics , mantle (geology) , mathematics , mathematical analysis , statistics
Summary. A differential‐difference equation governing the distribution of radiogenic heat in the crust has been obtained. The solution of this equation gives the exponential model of the heat production distribution with the logarithmic decrement as determined in Singh & Negi.