HEAT FLOW IN THE REGION OF THE BARENTS AND KARA SEAS
L. A. Tsibulya and L. S. Sokolova
Keywords: Heat flow, Arctic shelf, Barents and Kara Seas
Pages: 1049-1052
Abstract
The paper presents a heat flow map of the region of the Barents and Kara Seas which is a synthesis of geothermal data from the West Arctic shelf collected since the 1980s. The heat flow distribution is strongly uneven and reflects complex geology and geodynamic environment of the territory. Heat flows are notably lower in the continental part of the region than in the ocean (40
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