Mantle heat flow and geotherms for the main geologic domains in Morocco

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 458-466

  Rimi, A ^a  

^a Institut Scientifique   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Geotherm; Heat flow; Morocco; P(n) velocity; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLOW; HEAT PRODUCTION; MANTLE;

MOROCCO;

EID: 0033451763     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050278     Document Type: Article

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