October 21, 2021
The Warm Earth Below
Richard Cronin
I’m prepping material for another essay regarding the geochemistry of the Upper Mantle. A bewildering number of reactions are proceeding 24/7 in the Upper Mantle and are ALL exothermic (give off heat). None of this heat contribution has been included in the heat balance of the Earth.
Molten sulfides, molten silicates (mafic & ultramafic silicates) and molten carbonates. These melts proceed as simple acid/base reactions and decompositions to yield SO2, H2S, many other acid gases, Hydrogen, CO2, methane, and oil. At shallow depths, coal is produced much as charcoal, by cooking off the volatiles from heavy tars oozing up from below. The very term "fossil fuels†is in error.
Molten sulfides also produce metal sulfides. Such metal sulfides exist in the fumaroles (chimneys) of hydrothermal vents and are the basis of sulfur reduction, the energy source for anaerobic life.
The pH of your blood must be controlled tightly between 7.3 to 7.4. The pH of the ocean waters ranges from 8.1 to 8.2. Our distant anaerobic ancestors lingered just outside the scalding hot acidic discharge of hydrothermal vents.
Sulfide melts and reactions in Upper Mantle
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347436729_Sulfur_Content_at_Sulfide_Saturation_of_Peridotitic_Melt_at_Upper_Mantle_Conditions
http://minsocam.org/MSA/Ammin/AM_Preprints/7649BlanchardPreprint.pdf
http://en.earth-science.net/fileDQKXEN/journal/article/jes/2020/3/PDF/jes-31-3-447.pdf
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015AGUFMDI31A2562Z/abstract
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/001670378190226X
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X9900062X
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00410-018-1444-7
I’m prepping material for another essay regarding the geochemistry of the Upper Mantle. A bewildering number of reactions are proceeding 24/7 in the Upper Mantle and are ALL exothermic (give off heat). None of this heat contribution has been included in the heat balance of the Earth.
Molten sulfides, molten silicates (mafic & ultramafic silicates) and molten carbonates. These melts proceed as simple acid/base reactions and decompositions to yield SO2, H2S, many other acid gases, Hydrogen, CO2, methane, and oil. At shallow depths, coal is produced much as charcoal, by cooking off the volatiles from heavy tars oozing up from below. The very term "fossil fuels†is in error.
Molten sulfides also produce metal sulfides. Such metal sulfides exist in the fumaroles (chimneys) of hydrothermal vents and are the basis of sulfur reduction, the energy source for anaerobic life.
The pH of your blood must be controlled tightly between 7.3 to 7.4. The pH of the ocean waters ranges from 8.1 to 8.2. Our distant anaerobic ancestors lingered just outside the scalding hot acidic discharge of hydrothermal vents.
Sulfide melts and reactions in Upper Mantle
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347436729_Sulfur_Content_at_Sulfide_Saturation_of_Peridotitic_Melt_at_Upper_Mantle_Conditions
http://minsocam.org/MSA/Ammin/AM_Preprints/7649BlanchardPreprint.pdf
http://en.earth-science.net/fileDQKXEN/journal/article/jes/2020/3/PDF/jes-31-3-447.pdf
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015AGUFMDI31A2562Z/abstract
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/001670378190226X
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X9900062X
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00410-018-1444-7
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The Earth is certainly a complex place, and no person can control what goes on inside it. If only the liberals could learn that fact, we might be spared all this Climate Change nonsense.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at October 22, 2021 01:14 PM (djD2v)
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Yes indeed Dana.
And as Richard is always harping on, none of what occurs inside the Earth is well understood and certainly not included in any of the climate models.
Certainly it must have an effect. The internal workings of Venus most certainly are the root of that worthless planet's horrendous climate disaster.
And as Richard is always harping on, none of what occurs inside the Earth is well understood and certainly not included in any of the climate models.
Certainly it must have an effect. The internal workings of Venus most certainly are the root of that worthless planet's horrendous climate disaster.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at October 23, 2021 07:54 AM (chrEE)
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Most (too many, anyhow) people pay attention only to what they can observe directly. This is why we need scientists of the caliber of the ones in the article. And it also explains why so many people are gulled by the Climate Change crap.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at October 23, 2021 09:09 PM (djD2v)
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Agreed. It's easy to look on the surface. Much harder to look at possibilities outside of our level of competency.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at October 24, 2021 08:12 AM (UKTvW)
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