Heat flow and deep temperatures in the Southeast Basin of France: Implications for local rheological contrasts

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 531-546

  Guillou Frottier, Laurent ^a   Lucazeau, Francis ^b   Garibaldi, Cynthia ^a,c   Bonte, Damien ^a,d   Coueffe, Renaud ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heat flow; Salt viscosity; Temperature maps; Thermal modelling

Indexed keywords

BASIN; GRABEN; HEAT FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PALEOGENE; RHEOLOGY; SALT TECTONICS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

FRANCE;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79751484925     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.181.6.531     Document Type: Article

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