Surface heat flow and the mantle contribution on the margins of Australia

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

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

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

Author keywords

Australia; Heat flow; Oil exploration data; Thermal regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349144310     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001924     Document Type: Article

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