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Abbreviations

Core:

The central portion of the Earth that is composed of high density metallic, solid, and liquid components.

Crust:

The outer layer of the Earth composed of low to moderate density silicates and other minerals and within which the radioactive elements K, Rb, U, and Th are concentrated.

Direct use:

An application that uses the heat from a geothermal resource to accomplish heating, cooling and drying without converting thermal energy to another energy form.

Enhanced geothermal systems:

A deep geothermal system in which the porosity and permeability have been artificially enhanced through engineering methods to increase the mass flux of fluid that can be pumped through the reservoir.

Heat flow:

Strictly, the movement of thermal energy via diffusive conduction. Heat flow, as measured, is also a reflection of advective and convective transport.

Heat pump:

A device for transferring heat from one location to another.

Hydrology:

The scientific discipline that studies the flow of fluids in the crust.

Magma:

Molten rock that is one of the primary means for transferring heat to near-surface environments.

Mantle:

The interior portion of the Earth between the core and crust within which convective flow of material transfers heat to the crust.

Permeability:

The measurement or property of a medium that describes the ease with which a fluid will pass through the pores or fractures of the medium.

Plate tectonics:

The conceptual framework that provides a unifying principle describing the dynamic processes within the Earth.

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    Dr. William E. Glassley

  2. Geologisk Institut, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

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Glassley, W.E. (2012). Geothermal Energy , Geology and Hydrology of. In: Meyers, R.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0851-3_230

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