Global heat flow trends resolved from multiple geological and geophysical proxies

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1405-1419

  Goutorbe, B ^a   Poort, J ^a,c   Lucazeau, F ^a   Raillard, S ^b  

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

^b CSTJF   (France)

^c Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

Author keywords

Heat flows; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; COMBINATION METHOD; CROSS-VALIDATION TESTS; DEGREE OF SIMILARITY; EMPIRICAL METHOD; GEODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GLOBAL COVERAGE; GLOBAL TRENDS; HEAT FLOW DISTRIBUTION; HEAT FLOWS; HEAT PRODUCTION; INTRINSIC VARIABILITIES; MULTIPLE PROXIES; OROGENS; RIFT ZONES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE HEAT FLOW; TARGET POINT; THERMAL ANOMALIES; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEODYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEODYNAMICS; HEAT FLOW; OROGENY; RIFT ZONE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

SAHARA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 81555219087     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05228.x     Document Type: Article

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