Estimates of heat flow and heat production and a thermal model of the São Francisco craton

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-306

  Alexandrino, Carlos H ^a   Hamza, Valiya M ^a  

^a OBSERVATÓRIO NACIONAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Heat flow; Heat production; S o Francisco craton; Thermal models

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; FOLD BELT; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HEAT FLOW; HEAT PRODUCTION; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; MOHO; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

BRAZIL; SAO FRANCISCO CRATON; SOUTH AMERICA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 41349099619     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-007-0291-y     Document Type: Article

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