Geothermal heat flow in the northeast margin of the Gulf of Mexico

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 821-831

  Nagihara, Seiichi ^a   Jones, Kelly Opre ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; POROSITY; SEDIMENTS;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT FLOW; PORE-FLUID MIGRATION; RADIOGENIC HEAT; RADIOGENIC HEAT PRODUCTION;

GEOTHERMAL HEATING;

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 20644446893     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/01170504057     Document Type: Article

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