Re: Volcanic cooling - Physics anyone?
Arthur V. Chadwick (chadwicka@swac.edu)
Thu, 20 Feb 1997 14:15:53 -0800It is very clear that cooling rates can be perturbed by many orders of
magnitude by choosing the conditions appropriately. For example having
water circulating in the environs of an intrusion can result in several
orders of magnitude faster cooling than with a static conduction only
cooling. Most calculations ignore radiation also. I think it is time to
set this case to rest with some careful bracketing conditions calculations.
It would be difficult, but I have seen at least one paper in which the water
circulation was considered, and it completely removed the time element from
the case being considered.
Art
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