Heat flow over the descending Nazca plate in central Chile, 32°S to 41°S: Observations from ODP Leg 202 and the occurrence of natural gas hydrates

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 213, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 285-298

  Grevemeyer, Ingo ^a,b   Diaz Naveas, Juan L ^c   Ranero, Cesar R ^a   Villinger, Heinrich W ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Gas hydrates; Heat flow; Ocean Drilling Program; Radioactive heat generation; Shear heating; Thermal state

Indexed keywords

GAS HYDRATE; HEAT FLOW; NAZCA PLATE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHILE; CHILEAN MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0041821545     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00303-0     Document Type: Article

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