"Uniform geothermal gradient" and heat flow in the Qiongdongnan and Pearl River Mouth Basins of the South China Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1152-1162

  Yuan, Yusong ^a,b   Zhu, Weilin ^c   Mi, Lijun ^c   Zhang, Gongcheng ^c   Hu, Shengbiao ^a   He, Lijuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Exploration and Production Research Institute   (China)

^c CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

"Uniform geothermal gradient"; Heat flow; Pearl River Mouth Basin; Qiongdongnan Basin; Sedimentary basin; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLOW; PEARL RIVER MOUTH BASIN; QIONGDONGNAN BASIN; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; UNIFORM GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT;

FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; GAS LUBRICATED BEARINGS; GEMS; HEAT FLUX; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PRODUCTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

HEAT TRANSFER;

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CRUSTAL THINNING; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HEAT FLOW; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; QIONGDONGNAN BASIN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANGKOU BASIN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 67349208956     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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