Heat production in granitic rocks: Global analysis based on a new data compilation GRANITE2017

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 172, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-26

  Artemieva, Irina M ^a,b   Thybo, Hans ^b,c   Jakobsen, Kiki ^a   Sørensen, Nanna K ^a   Nielsen, Louise S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Heat production; K U ratio; Supercontinents; Th U ratio; Urey ratio

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DATABASE; GRANITE; HEAT PRODUCTION; HEAT SOURCE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; POTASSIUM; SUPERCONTINENT; THERMAL REGIME; THORIUM; URANIUM;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 85030467553     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.07.003     Document Type: Review

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