Heat flow map of South America

Geothermics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 599-621

  Hamza, Valiya M ^a   Muñoz, Miguel ^b  

^a OBSERVATÓRIO NACIONAL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Heat flow; Heat flow map; Regional geothermal regimes; South America

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; INTERPOLATION; MAPPING; TECTONICS;

HEAT FLOW MAPS; TERRESTRIAL HEAT FLOW;

GEOTHERMAL HEATING;

HEAT FLOW; SPATIAL VARIATION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030437877     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6505(96)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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