Data processing: measuring – calibrating – or testing – Measurement system in a specific environment – Earth science
Reexamination Certificate
2004-03-31
2008-10-21
Raymond, Edward (Department: 2857)
Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Measurement system in a specific environment
Earth science
C073S204110, C073S784000, C374S043000, C374S045000, C165S276000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07440852
ABSTRACT:
An analytical closed form solution to mean and variance in heat flow is obtained by solving the stochastic heat conduction equation incorporating randomness in the thermal conductivity. The method has a wide range of applications in quantifying the thermal state of the crust and in obtaining closed form expressions for subsurface heat flow structure along with its error bounds. The exact formulae employed can be used to better evaluate the thermal state for related oil and natural gas applications and also in tectonic studies and in studies related to the crystallization of minerals.
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Singh Rishi Narain
Srivastava Kirti
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Desta Elias
Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
Raymond Edward
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