Implications of post-glacial warming for Northern Hemisphere heat flow

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 35 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 795-799

  Gosnold, Will ^a   Majorowicz, Jacek ^a,b   Klenner, Rob ^a   Hauck, Steve ^c  

^a University of North Dakota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NRRI   (United States)

Author keywords

EGS; Geothermal gradient; Heat flow; Post glacial warming; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC ROCK; CONDUCTIVE HEAT; DEPTH PROFILE; EGS; EURASIA; FORCING SIGNAL; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; MANITOBA; MATURE OIL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PERIGLACIAL; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN ANALYSIS; POST-GLACIAL WARMING; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE HISTORY; TRANSIENT SIGNAL; WILLISTON BASIN;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; OIL WELLS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84860870675     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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