Characteristic of surface heat flow in the Pearl River Mouth Basin and its relationship with thermal lithosphere thickness

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1857-1867

  Tang, Xiao Yin ^a,b   Hu, Sheng Biao ^a   Zhang, Gong Cheng ^c   Yang, Shu Chun ^c   Shen, Huai Lei ^c   Rao, Song ^a,b   Li, Wei Wei ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Deep water area; Pearl River Mouth Basin; Surface heat flow; Thermal lithosphere thickness

Indexed keywords

EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; HEAT CONDUCTION; RIVERS;

DEEP-WATER AREA; DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT FLOW DISTRIBUTION; HYDROCARBON RESOURCES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL HEAT; PEARL RIVER MOUTH BASIN; SURFACE HEAT FLOW; THERMAL LITHOSPHERE THICKNESS;

GEMS;

DEEP WATER; DEPTH DETERMINATION; HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANGKOU BASIN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84905757919     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: 08989591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6038/cjg20140617     Document Type: Article

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