Abstract
The amount of energy used in tectonic processes is computed, and estimated as 2.108 kw. It is shown that thermal contraction can yield only much smaller amounts of energy, and must be discarded. Tectonic energy is believed to come, either from convection currents in the mantle, either from gravitational differentiation, or both.
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Note présentée au Symposium sur le Flux de Chaleur, Zürich, Sept. 1967 et acceptée pour la publication par le comité organisateur.
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Goguel, J. La contraction thermique peut-elle expliquer les déformations tectoniques?. Bull Volcanol 33, 89–99 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02596710
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02596710