Geothermics: Heat Flow in the Lithosphere

This book, now in its second edition, offers a comprehensive and modern treatment on the background knowledge of heat transfer processes in the lithosphere. In the light of the success of the first edition, several chapters of the book have been revised and the book has been enriched with a new chapter on geothermal methods used for the inference of past climate changes.
The book starts with a brief review of global tectonics and of the structure of the crust and upper mantle. Then the the...