Heat flow and thermal history of the Anadarko Basin and the western Oklahoma Platform

Tectonophysics

Volumn 313, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 399-410

  Lee, Youngmin ^a   Deming, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anadarko Basin; Heat flow; Oklahoma; Temperature; Thermal history

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HEAT FLOW; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033506593     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00210-3     Document Type: Article

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