Variations of surface heat flow and lithospheric thermal structure beneath the North American craton

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 65-77

  Mareschal, J C ^a   Jaupart, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Heat flow; Heat production; Lithosphere

Indexed keywords

CRATON; HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2942691647     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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