Heat-Mass Transfer and Geodynamics of the Lithosphere

This volume is devoted to investigation of all aspects of heat-mass transfer processes at different scales and from various origins, as well as the formation and evolution of geological structures. These phenomena are linked to geophysical properties of rocks, geothermal resources, geothermics, fluid dynamics, stress-state of the lithosphere, deep geodynamics, plate tectonics, and seismicity, among others. The book consists of two main parts. The first concerns heat-mass transfer associated with natural and technogenic processes in the upper lithosphere. The second deals with geodynamics and seismicity. The collection of over 25 chapter from leading investigators in Russia is thus an important contribution to research on the lithosphere in connection with formation and evolution of geological structures; heat and mass transfer processes in the lithosphere and their connection with deep Earth geodynamics.

• Collects a range of research methodologies including application of modelling, seismic tomography, geological field works, geological-geophysical methods, and in situ measurements through instrumentation;
• Explains how a wide range of geological and geophysical phenomena arising in the Earth's lithosphere can be investigated under the umbrella of a common approach to heat-mass transfer processes;

• Includes the latest research by more than 60 leading scientists from Russia.

Auteur

Dr. Svalova Valentina is a Corresponding Member of the International Informatization Academy and Leading Scientist within the Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience, Russian Academy of Sciences, and President of Russian Geothermal Association.

Contenu
Preface.- The processes of heat and mass transfer in the Earth's mantle.- Thermo-gravity model for sedimentary basins.- Prospects for identifying and applied use of hydro and petrothermal energy sources in geodynamically active structures of the eastern segment of the Central Caucasus.- Models of geothermal areas: new insights from electromagnetic geothermometry.- Explosive processes in permafrost areas - new type of geocryological hazard.- Borehole temperature measurements under free thermal convection.- Geothermal regime of groundwater in Moscow under anthropogenic impact.- Geothermy of the continental margins of Eastern Russia .- Geothermal evidence of cyclic back-arc spreading in the marginal seas of the North-West Pacific.- Heat flow asymmetry on the mid-oceanic ridges of northern and southern earth hemispheres.- The correlation between Earth heat flow and oil and gas potential fundamental pattern of Western Siberia.- Influence of hydrodynamic conditions on the mass transfer of pollutants in the areas of liquidated mines.- Factor modeling of mass transfer of pollutants in the areas of hydrogeological windows.- Hydraulic fracture problem for poroelastic medium with double porosity.- Incompletely coupled equations of hydraulic fracturing in poroelastic medium.- Geomechanical model for large scale hydraulic fracture dynamics.- Thermodynamic properties of geothermal fluids from South Russiai Kayakent and Kizlyar hot sources.- Thermodynamic properties of geothermal fluids from South Russia: Izberbash and Thernair hot sources.- ROSA Database and GIS Project: accumulation of the world largest oil and gas deposits in geological history.- Lithosphere of the West Transbaikalian sector of the Central Asian fold belt according to electromagnetic studies.- Caucasian-Arabian segment of Alpine-Himalayan convergence: an example of continental collision above mantle plume.- Geothermics and seismicity of the Caucasus region and the inverse problem of geodynamics.- Geothermics and geodynamics of the back-arc basins of the Alpine and Pacific belts.- Structure and dynamics of the lithosphere for the Eurasia-Pacific transition zone.- Recognition of Strong EarthquakeProne Areas with a Single Learning Class Caucasus, .- Evaluation of the influence of soils resonant properties during seismic microzoning work.- Seismotectonic model of the western margin of the South American Plate.- Permeability of the Continental Crust Possible High Values from Laboratory Measurements and Seismological Data.- Endogenous and exogenous manifestations of geodynamic activity in the Central Caucasus.