Interpretation and mathematical modeling of temporal changes of temperature observed in borehole Yaxcopoil-1 within the Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 372, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 9-16

  Šafanda, Jan ^a   Wilhelm, Helmut ^b   Heidinger, Philipp ^b   Čermák, Vladimír ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluid dynamics; Groundwater convection; Heat transport numerical simulation; Karstic environment; Repeated borehole temperature logging; Yucatan

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SPEED; CAVE SYSTEM; CHICXULUB IMPACT; COLD WAVES; DRILLING MUD; DRILLING OPERATION; GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH; HEAT TRANSPORT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; HIGH POROSITY; KARSTIC ENVIRONMENT; KARSTIC ROCK; LINEAR TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; ME-XICO; OBSERVED DATA; POROUS ROCKS; REPEATED BOREHOLE TEMPERATURE LOGGING; TEMPERATURE LOG; TEMPORAL CHANGE; YUCATAN; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

BORING; DRILLING; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL LOGGING; GROUNDWATER; HARVESTING; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL DRILLING; SIMULATORS; THERMAL LOGGING;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BOREHOLE; CONVECTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; KARST HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

EID: 65649099795     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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