Characteristics and genesis of geothermal field in deep-water area of the northern South China Sea

Shiyou Xuebao/Acta Petrolei Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-32

  Mi, Lijun ^a   Yuan, Yusong ^b   Zhang, Gongcheng ^c   Hu, Shengbiao ^b   He, Lijuan ^b   Yang, Shuchun ^c  

^a CNOOC LTD   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Deep water area; Faulting; Geothermal gradient; Heat flow value; Lithospheric; Magma activity; Northern South China Sea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; HEAT FLUX;

DEEP-WATER AREA; FAULTING; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HEAT FLOW VALUE; LITHOSPHERIC; MAGMA ACTIVITY; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 59949100821     PISSN: 02532697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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