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Recent warming in eastern Canada inferred from geothermal measurements
Author(s) -
Beltrami Hugo,
Mareschal JeanClaude
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/91gl00815
Subject(s) - borehole , geothermal gradient , geology , global warming , inversion (geology) , geothermal energy , climatology , environmental science , climate change , geophysics , oceanography , geomorphology , structural basin , paleontology
Borehole temperature measurements from several sites in eastern Canada were analyzed to determine recent step changes in ground surface temperature. Inversion of the data suggests a warming by 1 to 2°C in the last 100 years for most of the sites analyzed.