Thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity of cores from a 26 meter deep borehole drilled in Livingston Island, Maritime Antarctic

Geomorphology

Volumn 155-156, Issue , 2012, Pages 7-11

  Correia, A ^a   Vieira, G ^b   Ramos, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE GEOGRAFIA E ORDENAMENTO DO TERRITÓRIO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Livingston Island; Thermal conductivity; Thermal diffusivity

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORE ANALYSIS; CORE LOGGING; DIFFUSIVITY; HEAT PRODUCTION; POROSITY; POTASSIUM; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ANTARCTICA; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 84860345187     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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