Ground surface temperature history in central Canada inferred from 10 selected borehole temperature profiles

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 7385-7397

  Guillou Frottier, Laurent ^a,b,c   Mareschal, Jean Claude ^a   Musset, Julien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Bur Recherche Geol Miniere CDG/MA   (France)

^c BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE HISTORY;

CANADA;

EID: 0032502533     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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