Heat flow in the Western Po Basin and the surrounding orogenic belts

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-22

  Pasquale, V ^a   Chiozzi, P ^a   Verdoya, M ^a   Gola, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Downhole methods; Heat flow; Heat generation and transport; Sedimentary basin processes

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; APENNINES; BOTTOMHOLE; COMBINED EFFECT; DOWNHOLES; GEOPHYSICAL LOGS; GROUND WATER MOVEMENT; HEAT-FLOW; HEAT-FLOW PATTERNS; IN-SITU; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LITHO-STRATIGRAPHIC; LOCAL HEAT; MINERAL COMPOSITION; MUD CIRCULATION; OROGENIC BELTS; PALAEOCLIMATE; RADIOGENIC HEAT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SURFACE HEAT FLOW;

GROUNDWATER; HEAT TRANSFER; OIL WELLS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ERROR CORRECTION; HEAT FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOCLIMATE; POROSITY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THRUST FAULT;

ALPS; APENNINES; ITALY; PO BASIN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84862166518     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05486.x     Document Type: Article

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