Quantification of crustal geotherms along with their error bounds for seismically active regions of India: A Matlab toolbox

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2095-2099

  Srivastava, Kirti ^a   Narain, Likhita ^a   Rani, Swaroopa ^a   Dimri, V P ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Gaussian; Heat conduction; Matlab; Random thermal conductivity; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CLOSED FORM; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; ERROR BOUND; GAUSSIAN; GEOLOGICAL DATA; GEOTHERMS; HEAT CONDUCTION EQUATIONS; INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKES; MATLAB TOOLBOXES; RADIOGENIC HEAT GENERATION; RANDOM THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; SEISMICALLY ACTIVE REGION; STOCHASTIC; THERMAL PARAMETERS; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMO-MECHANICAL; UPPER CRUST;

EARTHQUAKES; HEAT CONDUCTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

MATLAB;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA PROCESSING; GAUSSIAN METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMICITY; SOFTWARE; STOCHASTICITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; LATUR; MAHARASHTRA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70249130078     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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