Difference of thermal structure between eastern edge of Tibet Plateau and weasten Sichuan Basin

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 203-212

  Xu, Ming ^a,b   Zhu, Chuanqing ^a   Rao, Song ^a,b   Hu, Shengbiao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern edge of Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Geoscience transect; Heat flow; Hot lithosphere; Sichuan Basin; Temperature field; Thermal structure

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE LOGGING; HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN BASIN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84861217463     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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