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Kaul, Norbert: Marine heat flow data in the Guatemala basin, obtained during the GUATOPS project 2022/23 [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.959607 (dataset in review)

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Abstract:
We measure subbottom temperature profiles at 66 new locations in the Guatemala Basin using MTL temperature sensors, mounted onto a gravity core barrel. Thermal conductivity values were measured on core material of 13 cores using a KD2 Pro needle probe. Heat flow values for 64 of the sites could be derived, showing a regime of very low geothermal heat flow, far below the expected values. there is a distinct boundary between low values north of 9°55'N and elevated values southward. The data were collected during research cruise JC228a, 13.-22. January 2023. The loction is offshore Costa Rica in the Pacific Ocean near 87°W, 10°N in the so called Guatemala Basin. Investigation of the subducting and bending oceanic plate, especially the cooling effect by circulating groundwater was one of the targets. A gravity corer of 6 m was equipped with 6 Miniaturized Temperature Logger (MTL). Vessel: James Cook on Cruise JF228a. The Project names are GUATOPS and GUATOPSheat for the heat flow survey.
Keyword(s):
Guatemala Basin; MTL; Outrigger temperature sensors; temperature gradient; Thermal conductivity
Funding:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), grant/award no. 03G0295OB: GUATOPSheat
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 10.111301 * Median Longitude: -87.074900 * South-bound Latitude: 9.782800 * West-bound Longitude: -87.365817 * North-bound Latitude: 10.401800 * East-bound Longitude: -86.676383
Date/Time Start: 2023-01-15T03:44:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-01-18T10:51:00
Event(s):
JC228A_HF_09 (HF2309) * Latitude: 9.851917 * Longitude: -86.789783 * Date/Time: 2023-01-18T10:51:00 * Elevation: -3191.0 m * Location: Pacific Ocean * Campaign: JC228A * Basis: James Cook * Method/Device: Heat-Flow probe (HF)
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Size:
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