Radioactive heat generation and its thermal effects in the Alps-Apennines boundary zone

Tectonophysics

Volumn 331, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 269-283

  Pasquale, V ^a   Verdoya, M ^a   Chiozzi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps apennines boundary; Heat flux; Heat production rate; Natural radioelements; Thermal field; Upper crust

Indexed keywords

HEAT PRODUCTION; OROGENIC BELT; RADIOACTIVITY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; UPPER CRUST;

ITALY;

EID: 0035003504     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00294-8     Document Type: Article

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