A model for temperature variations in sedimentary basins due to random radiogenic heat sources

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 727-730

  Srivastava, Kirti ^a   Singh, R N ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling   (India)

Author keywords

Heat flow; Perturbation method; Sedimentary basin

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLOW; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EID: 0032458757     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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