geothermy

plural geothermies

1. uncountableusuallygeographyThe heat produced by the natural processes of the Earth, including heat from the undercrust, plate tectonics, volcanism, and other sources.
2. uncountableusuallybusinessThe process and practice of harvesting heat produced by the Earth to be used as an energy source.
3. uncountableusuallygeographyThe study of heat produced naturally by the Earth, usually considered a subdiscipline of geophysics.

   However, in geothermy, as in any other area of geophysics, it is often necessary to solve an inverse problem.

   1978 March 16, V. T. Balobaev, V. N. Devyatkin, I. M. Kutasov, “Contemporary Geothermal Conditions of the Existence and Development of Permafrost”, in Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde, editors, Permafrost: Second International Conference, National Academy of Sciences, page 8

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   A method was worked out by the Geothermy Laboratory of the O. Yu. Schmidt institute of Earth Physics (Lyubimova et al., 1964 b) which utilizes the principles of heat convection from a momentary linear source (Tikhonov, Samarskiy, 1953).

   1972 May 29, “New Methods of Studying Noise and Vibration and Cybernetic Diagnosis of Machines and Mechanisms”, in K. M. Ragul'skis, editor, NASA Technical Translation, number NASA TT F-694, Washington, D. C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, page 55

   Synonyms: geothermics