Weichselian temperatures from geothermal heat flow data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Kukkonen, Ilmo T ^a   Joeleht, Argo ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Geothermal gradient; Heat flow; Models; Monte Carlo analysis; Paleoclimatology; Weichselian

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HEAT FLOW; LAST GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; WEICHSELIAN;

EAST EUROPEAN PLATFORM; EUROPE; FENNOSCANDIA;

EID: 0038714052     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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