Surface heat flow, crustal temperatures and mantle heat flow in the Proterozoic Trans-Hudson Orogen, Canadian Shield

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Rolandone, F ^a   Jaupart, C ^a   Mareschal, J C ^b   Bienfait, G ^a   Carbonne, C ^a   Lapointe, R ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crustal thermal structure; Heat flow measurements; Mantle heat flow

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; HEAT FLOW; MANTLE PROCESS; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; RADIOACTIVE DECAY;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; TRANS-HUDSON OROGEN;

EID: 0038403890     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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