Terrestrial heat flow in the Qagan sag, Inner Mongolia

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3038-3050

  Zuo, Yin Hui ^a,b   Qiu, Nan Sheng ^b   Deng, Yi Xun ^a,c   Rao, Song ^d   Xu, Shen Mou ^a   Li, Jian Guo ^a  

^a ZHONGYUAN OILFIELD BRANCH COMPANY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Inggen Ejin Qi basin; Qagan sag; Rock thermal conductivity; Terrestrial heat flow; Thermal gradient

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT TRANSFER; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; ROCKS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; INGGEN-EJIN QI BASIN; INNER MONGOLIA; MEDIUM TEMPERATURE; OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION POTENTIAL; QAGAN SAG; ROCK THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TERRESTRIAL HEAT FLOW;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

DATA SET; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT FLOW; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; TECTONICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CHINA; INGGEN-EJIN QI BASIN; NEI MONGGOL;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84887312215     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: 08989591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6038/cjg20130917     Document Type: Article

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