Heat flow data from the western margin of the West African craton (Mauritania)

Details Heat flow data from the western margin of the West African craton (Mauritania) Heat flow data from the western margin of the West African craton (Mauritania)

Apr 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991pepi...66..320l&link_type=abstract

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 66, Issue 3-4, p. 320-329.

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Eighteen new heat flow determinations in shallow boreholes (100-230 m) at three sites in West Africa (Mauritania) are presented. The first site is located in the Archaean province (Reguibat shield) of the West African craton. Temperature measurements were performed in iron formation and needed correction for refraction. The average value is 50 mW m-2 and radioactive element distribution in surface rocks provides an upper crust heat contribution of 1.8 μW m-3. The second site, located near the craton margin, and the third site, located in the Senegal coastal basin, display a slightly higher value of 59 mW m-2.

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