Temperature dependence of the relationship of thermal diffusivity versus thermal conductivity for crystalline rocks

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 435-442

  Mottaghy, Darius ^a   Vosteen, Hans Dieter ^b   Schellschmidt, Rüdiger ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICA BERATUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geothermics; Rock physics; Temperature dependence; Thermal conductivity; Thermal diffusivity

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DATA SET; DIFFUSIVITY; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; KOLA PENINSULA; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 41349091678     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-007-0238-3     Document Type: Article

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