Heat production heterogeneity of the Indian crust beneath the Himalaya: Insights from the northern Indian Shield

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 283, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 190-196

  Kumar, P Senthil ^a   Menon, Rajeev ^a   Reddy, G K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

crustal thermal structure; heat flow; heat production; Himalaya; Indian Shield

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THERMAL STRUCTURE; HEAT FLOW; HEAT PRODUCTION; HIMALAYA; INDIAN SHIELD;

FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HEAT FLOW; HEAT PRODUCTION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 65649128905     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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