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Geothermal model of Earth's crust and lithosphere for the territory of Yugoslavia: Some tectonic implications

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Deep sounding seismic data along nine profiles and measured values of the terrestrial heat flow were used to construct a geothermal model of the crust for the territory of Yugoslavia. The obtained data indicate that the lowest temperatures (250 – 350°C) at the crust base are in the region of the Outer Dinarides and the highest (900 – 1000°C) in the region of the Pannonian Basin and the Serbian-Macedonian Massif. The difference is associated with the changing heat flow which reaches the Earth's crust from the upper mantle. Based on the crustal temperature distribution, an approximate lithospheric thickness was estimated for the first time for the entire territory of Yugoslavia. It is largest under the Outer Dinarides, where it is up to 260 kilometres, and smallest under the Pannonian Basin and the Serbian-Macedonian Massif, only 40 – 50 kilometres.

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Milivojević, M.G. Geothermal model of Earth's crust and lithosphere for the territory of Yugoslavia: Some tectonic implications. Stud Geophys Geod 37, 265–278 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01624600

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