The thermal structure of the lithosphere and heat source mechanism of geothermal field in Weihe Basin

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2176-2190

  Rao, Song ^a,b   Jiang, Guang Zheng ^b   Gao, Ya Jie ^c   Hu, Sheng Biao ^b   Wang, Ji Yang ^b  

^a YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c PetroChina Southwest Oil Gasfield Company   (China)

Author keywords

Rift basin; The crust mantle heat flow ratio; Thermal structure of the lithosphere; Weihe basin; Xianyang geothermal field

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF STATE; FLOW PATTERNS; FRACTURE; GEOPHYSICS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; HEAT TRANSFER; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TEMPERATURE; WELL LOGGING;

HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; MIDDLE-LOW TEMPERATURES; ONE DIMENSIONAL STEADY STATE; RIFT BASIN; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS; TERRESTRIAL HEAT FLOW; THERMAL STRUCTURE; WEIHE BASIN;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTOUR MAP; CRUST; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FLOW PATTERN; HEAT FLOW; HEAT SOURCE; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; PACIFIC PLATE; RIFTING; THERMAL STRUCTURE; UPLIFT; UPWELLING; WELL LOGGING;

BOHAI SEA; BOHAIWAN BASIN; CHINA; ORDOS BASIN; SHAANXI; WEI BASIN; XIAN; XIANYANG;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84974621395     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6038/cjg20160622     Document Type: Article

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