The thermal regime of the crystalline continental crust: Implications from the KTB

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B8, 1997, Pages 18417-18441

  Clauser, Christoph ^a   Giese, Peter ^b   Huenges, Ernst ^c   Kohl, Thomas ^d   Lehmann, Holger ^a   Rybach, Ladislaus ^d   Šafanda, Jan ^e   Wilhelm, Helmut ^f   Windloff, Karla ^g   Zoth, Gustav ^a  

^a Niedersachsisches Landesamt B   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^g TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEEP DRILLING; GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH; HEAT TRANSPORT; KTB BOREHOLE;

GERMANY, BAVARIA, KTB SITE;

EID: 0031411752     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb03443     Document Type: Article

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