Citation:

PANGAEA.806512

Name: Component parts of the World Heat Flow Data Collection
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Related to:

Birch, F S; Halunen Jr, A J (1966): Heat-flow measurements in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Red Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research, 71(2), 583-586, https://doi.org/10.1029/JZ071i002p00583

International Heat Flow Commission, I H F C (2012): Global Heat Flow Database. The Global Heat Flow Database of the International Heat Flow Commission (IHFC), University of North Dakota, USA; (data copied, 2012-10), https://ihfc-iugg.org/products/global-heat-flow-database/data

Further details:

Jessop, Alan M; Hobart, Michael A; Sclater, John G (1976): The World Heat Flow Data Collection - 1975. Geological Survey of Canada, Earth Physics Branch, Geothermal Series, 5, 10 pp, hdl:10013/epic.40176.d002

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 14.224165 * Median Longitude: 0.736675 * South-bound Latitude: -18.066700 * West-bound Longitude: -65.050000 * North-bound Latitude: 42.616700 * East-bound Longitude: 62.850000

Minimum ELEVATION: -5984 m a.s.l. * Maximum ELEVATION: -2013 m a.s.l.

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Comment
1	Area/locality	Area		Birch, F S
2	Sample, optional label/labor no	Lab no		Birch, F S
3	LATITUDE	Latitude			Geocode
4	LONGITUDE	Longitude			Geocode
5	ELEVATION	Elevation	m a.s.l.		Geocode
6	Depth, bottom/max	Depth bot	m	Birch, F S	Maximum depth
7	Number of temperature data	No Temps		Birch, F S
8	Temperature gradient	T grad	mK/m	Birch, F S
9	Conductivity, average	Cond average	W/m K	Birch, F S
10	Heat flow	HF	mW/m²	Birch, F S
11	Number	No		Birch, F S	Number of individual sites
12	Method comment	Method comm		Birch, F S

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)

Size:

158 data points

Data

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1 Area	2 Lab no	3 Latitude	4 Longitude	5 Elevation [m a.s.l.]	6 Depth bot [m]	7 No Temps	8 T grad [mK/m]	9 Cond average [W/m K]	10 HF [mW/m²]	11 No	12 Method comm
Atlantic Ocean	CH43-33	42.6167	-28.7833	-2565		2	45	0.84	38	1	Ewing probe
Central Atlantic	CH36-3	19.4167	-61.5000	-5468		2	54	0.80	43	1	Ewing probe
Central Atlantic	CH36-1	21.1333	-65.0500	-5696		2	54	0.77	42	1	BHT
Indian Ocean	CH43-13	-14.2333	62.8500	-3811		2	185	0.80	149	1	Ewing probe
Indian Ocean	CH43-11	-17.4333	58.1000	-4034		2	86	0.84	73	1	Ewing probe
Indian Ocean	CH43-5	-0.3667	54.5500	-4863		2	79	0.72	57	1	Ewing probe
Indian Ocean	CH43-16	-18.0667	57.6667	-3873		2	54	0.89	48	1	Ewing probe
Indian Ocean	CH43-4	0.9167	51.6333	-5110		2	64	0.71	45	1	Ewing probe
Indian Ocean	CH43-8	-2.9167	55.7167	-3690		2	53	0.71	37	1	Ewing probe
Indian Ocean	CH43-6	-1.6333	53.3333	-4780		2	51	0.71	36	1	Ewing probe
Indian Ocean	CH43-14	-11.5000	58.4000	-4104		2	43	0.84	36	1	Ewing probe
Mediterranean Sea	CH43-27	38.7833	15.0667	-2013		2	57	0.84	47	1	Ewing probe
Mediterranean Sea	CH43-25	35.7833	17.4833	-4036	2		32	0.84	27	1	Ewing probe
North Atlantic	CH39-6	29.9333	-60.5500	-5715		2	72	0.77	55	1	Ewing probe
North Atlantic	CH39-7	29.7833	-62.2000	-4865			66	0.77	50	1	Ewing probe
North Atlantic	CH39-2	25.3000	-55.7333	-5932		2	63	0.79	50	1	Ewing probe
North Atlantic	CH39-1	29.0000	-59.1833	-5811		2	48	0.82	40	1	Ewing probe
North Atlantic	CH39-5	28.5000	-57.9833	-5800		2	48	0.69	33	1	Ewing probe
North Atlantic	CH39-3	24.0667	-55.2500	-5984		2	34	0.76	26	1	Ewing probe
Red Sea	CH43-24	25.4000	36.1667	-2205		2		0.84	96	1	Ewing probe