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The relationship of heat flow with age of basement rocks

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The relationship of heat flow to age of the basement rocks has been studied for USA and Canada, Australia and India. In areas of sedimentary basins the ages of the cores obtained from the metamorphic or igneous basement were used for such correlation. It is found that heat flow values for all continents studied show a definite correlation with age the relatively high heat flow being associated with younger basements. Such correlation when fully established will enable us to correlate heat flow values with geology and ages of tectonic events which have occurred in the earth’s crust.

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Hamza, V.M., Verma, R.K. The relationship of heat flow with age of basement rocks. Bull Volcanol 33, 123–152 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02596713

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