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Fractal behaviour of the Earth’s physical properties has been discussed briefly in chapter 1. In this chapter, thermal properties of the Earth’s crust are analyzed and the significance of the results obtained is discussed. Here we redefine the traditional heat conduction equation for computation of geotherms by incorporating fractal distribution of thermal conductivity. Further, our study suggests the fractal distribution of radiogenic heat production rate inside the Earth, against the popularly used exponential and step models, which needs to be incorporated in the heat conduction equation.
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Dimri, V., Vedanti, N. (2005). Scaling Evidences of Thermal Properties in Earth’s Crust and its Implications. In: Dimri, V.P. (eds) Fractal Behaviour of the Earth System. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26536-8_7
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