Geothermal studies of the Outokumpu Deep Drill Hole, Finland: Vertical variation in heat flow and palaeoclimatic implications

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 188, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 9-25

  Kukkonen, Ilmo T ^a   Rath, Volker ^b   Kivekäs, Liisa ^a   Šafanda, Jan ^c   Čermak, Vladimir ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Fennoscandian Shield; Geothermal gradient; Heat flow; Paleoclimatology; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE EFFECTS; CONDUCTIVE MODEL; CONVECTION CELL; DATA SETS; DRILL HOLE; EASTERN FINLAND; FENNOSCANDIAN SHIELDS; FINLAND; FLUID FLOW EFFECT; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; GROUND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLOW DENSITY; HEAT FLOWS; HEAT TRANSFER PROCESS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOLOCENES; HYDRAULIC HEADS; INVERSE TRANSIENT; LARGE DIAMETER; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; SALINE FORMATION; SURFACE HEAT FLOW; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; THERMAL CONVECTIONS; THERMAL DISTURBANCE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; VERTICAL VARIATION;

BOREHOLES; CLIMATOLOGY; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULICS; ROCK DRILLS; SALINE WATER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL LOGGING;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

DRILLING; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; GRANITE; HEAT FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC HEAD; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONVECTION; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

BALTIC SHIELD; FINLAND;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 80053316188     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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