The surface heat flow of the Arabian Shield in Jordan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-284

  Forster A ^a   Forster H J ^b   Masarweh, R ^c   Masri, A ^c   Tarawneh, K ^d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c Natural Resources Authority   (Jordan)

^d AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Arabian Shield; Heat flow; Jordan; Radiogenic heat production; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; HEAT FLOW; HEAT PRODUCTION; LITHOSPHERE; ORDOVICIAN; REACTIVATION; RHYOLITE; SILURIAN; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ARABIAN SHIELD; ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 34047161485     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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