Heat flow and deep lithospheric thermal structure at Lac de Gras, Slave Province, Canada

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Mareschal, J C ^a   Nyblade, A ^b   Perry, H K C ^c   Jaupart, C ^c   Bienfait, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; HEAT GENERATION;

CRUSTAL HEAT GENERATION; HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING; HEAT TRANSFER;

HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

CANADA; LAC DE GRAS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

CANADIAN SHIELDS; DRILL HOLE; GEOTHERMOBAROMETRY; HEAT FLOW VALUE; HEAT PRODUCTION; LITHOSPHERIC; SURFACE HEAT FLOW; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 6044256246     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020133     Document Type: Article

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