Subsurface thermal conductivity assessment in Calabria (southern Italy): A regional case study

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1383-1401

  Di Sipio, Eloisa ^a   Galgaro, Antonio ^a,b   Destro, Elisa ^a   Teza, Giordano ^b   Chiesa, Sergio ^a   Giaretta, Aurelio ^a   Manzella, Adele ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geological formations; GIS; Shallow geothermal energy; Southern Italy; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HYBRID MATERIALS; STRATIGRAPHY;

GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; ROCK THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; SHALLOW GEOTHERMAL ENERGIES; SOUTHERN ITALY; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; SUBSURFACE CHARACTERIZATIONS; TRANSIENT PLANE SOURCES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ENTHALPY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GIS; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

EID: 85047103251     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3277-7     Document Type: Article

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