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Heat pipe planets
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Webb, A. Alexander G. Moore, William B. Simon, Justin I. |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Description | When volcanism dominates heat transport, a terrestrial body enters a heat-pipe mode, in which hot magma moves through the lithosphere in narrow channels. Even at high heat flow, a heat-pipe planet develops a thick, cold, downwards-advecting lithosphere dominated by (ultra-)mafic flows and contractional deformation at the surface. Heat-pipes are an important feature of terrestrial planets at high heat flow, as illustrated by Io. Evidence for their operation early in Earth's history suggests that all terrestrial bodies should experience an episode of heat-pipe cooling early in their histories. |
| File Size | 157570 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20140012797 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6159ks1q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2014-03-17 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration Geophysics Terrestrial Planets Cooling Planetary Geology Planetology Heat Pipes Planetary Evolution Lithosphere Volcanology Volcanoes Heat Transfer Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
