Geothermal and rheological regime in the Po plain sector of Adria (Northern Italy)

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 228-240

  Viganò, Alfio ^a   Della Vedova, Bruno ^b   Ranalli, Giorgio ^c   Martin, Silvana ^d   Scafidi, Davide ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic crust; Crustal rheology; Deep boreholes; Geothermal gradients; Moho temperature; Temperature measurements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863195543     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2012.09     Document Type: Article

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