Radioactive elements of rocks in north china platform and the thermal structure and temperature distribution of the modern continental lithosphere

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Chi, Qing Hua ^a   Yan, Ming Cai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Heat producing elements; North China Platform; Temperature distribution; Thermal structure of lithosphere

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; RADIONUCLIDE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

CHINA;

EID: 0031869703     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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