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Birch, F S (1970): Component parts of the World Heat Flow Data Collection [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.806518

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Related to:
Birch, F S (1970): The Barracuda Fault Zone in the western North Atlantic: geological and geophysical studies. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 17(5), 847-859, https://doi.org/10.1016/0011-7471(70)90002-1
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: 16.848360 * Median Longitude: -57.840000 * South-bound Latitude: 15.991700 * West-bound Longitude: -58.466700 * North-bound Latitude: 17.591700 * East-bound Longitude: -57.633300
Minimum ELEVATION: -5848 m a.s.l. * Maximum ELEVATION: -5437 m a.s.l.
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
Sample, optional label/labor noLab noBirch, F S
LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
ELEVATIONElevationm a.s.l.Geocode
Temperature gradientT gradmK/mBirch, F S
Conductivity, averageCond averageW/m KBirch, F S
Heat flowHFmW/m2Birch, F S
NumberNoBirch, F SNumber of individual sites
Method commentMethod commBirch, F S
Size:
30 data points

Data

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Lab no

Latitude

Longitude

Elevation [m a.s.l.]

T grad [mK/m]

Cond average [W/m K]

HF [mW/m2]

No

Method comm
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