Temperature Perturbations and their Effect on the Temperature Maxima and Minima in the Interior of the Earth

Author: Lieber, Paul

Year: 1941

Degree: Master's thesis

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Committee Member: Unknown, Unknown

Option: Geology

DOI: 10.7907/5mym-a583

Abstract

This thesis investigates the effect of temperature perturbations in the earth on the change of position of local temperature maxima and minima prevailing in the earth's interior. The final solutions (mathematical) give the position and the velocity of the point of maximum temperature as a function of time. The solutions indicate that for certain limits (discussed) the position of the point of maximum temperature and its velocity increase exponentially with time. A method of correlating the rate of energy transfer in a given direction with the velocity of the point of maximum temperature in that direction is outlined. Suggestions dealing with the application of these solutions to geological problems are given.

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