Heat Flow in Western Canada
Heat flow values have been determined for three areas in western Canada by a combination of temperature gradient measurements in abandoned oil wells, and thermal conductivity determinations on core samples. The heat flux ranges from 1.46 × 10−6 cal cm−2 s−1 in central Alberta to 2.00 × 10−6 cal cm−2...
| Published in: | Geophysical Journal International |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1962
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| Online Access: | http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/6/2/245 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1962.tb02979.x |
| Summary: | Heat flow values have been determined for three areas in western Canada by a combination of temperature gradient measurements in abandoned oil wells, and thermal conductivity determinations on core samples. The heat flux ranges from 1.46 × 10−6 cal cm−2 s−1 in central Alberta to 2.00 × 10−6 cal cm−2 s−1 for a well near the Arctic Circle. Possible disturbances in the temperature gradients resulting from oil production and from surface temperature inequalities are considered. |
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