Implications of post-glacial warming for Northern Alberta heat flow - Correcting for the underestimate of the geothermal potential

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 36 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 693-698

  Majorowicz, Jacek ^a   Gosnold, Will ^b   Gray, Allan ^a   Safanda, Jan ^c   Klenner, Rob ^b   Unsworth, Martyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b University of North Dakota   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Canadian sedimentary basin; Geothermal energy potential; Heat flow; Paleoclimatic correction

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; GEOPHYSICAL LOGS; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; GEOTHERMAL POTENTIAL; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY STRATA; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDINGS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GRANITE; HEAT TRANSFER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL LOGGING;

GEOTHERMAL LOGGING;

EID: 84876206834     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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