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Remarks on the thermal conductivity and heat flow density of the Indian Craton

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The virtual or effective thermal conductivity (ETC) of the Indian subcontinental crust model is calculated from geochemical/geothermal data on the mean radiogenic heat production and on the real thermal conductivity (TC) of crystalline rocks of India. This ETC, amounting to about 3.45 W/m·K, is 1.4 time greater than the mean real TC value (about 2.5 W/m·K). This is in good agreement with the empirical relation between the surface heat flow density and the Curie depth for the Indian Craton.

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    Sławomir Maj

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Maj, S. Remarks on the thermal conductivity and heat flow density of the Indian Craton. Acta Geophys. 56, 994–999 (2008). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11600-008-0042-x

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