Methods for measuring thermal conductivity of earth materials with application to anisotropy in basalt and heat flux through lake sediments
- Author:
- Watts, George Patrick
- Title:
- Methods for measuring thermal conductivity of earth materials with application to anisotropy in basalt and heat flux through lake sediments
- Year:
- 1975
- Volume:
- M.S.
- Pages:
- 103 leaves
- Subject:
- Heat conduction Thermal conductivity Basalt Lake Waiau Lake sediments
- Summary:
- This study reports on laboratory measurements of the thermal conductivity of basalt, and the determination of the thermal conductivity of sediments beneath an alpine lake on Mauna Kea volcano from field measurements of temperature. An improved procedure is developed for analyzing temperature data from relatively shallow bore holes (less than 20 meters in depth). The method is applied to the data from lake sediments, temperature versus depth over time, giving as an estimate of the thermal diffusivity 0.00212 cm2/sec.
- Collection:
- Monographs