The thermal regime of South African continental margins

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 256-265

  Goutorbe, Bruno ^a   Lucazeau, Francis ^a   Bonneville, Alain ^a  

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

Author keywords

continental margins; heat flow; oil exploration data; South Africa; thermal regime

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGINS; OIL EXPLORATION BOREHOLES; THERMAL REGIME;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; HEAT TRANSFER; OIL WELL LOGGING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

EXPLORATORY BOREHOLES;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EXPLORATION; HEAT FLOW; MANTLE CONVECTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL REGIME; WELL LOGGING;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 39549092606     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.044     Document Type: Article

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