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Interpretation of heat flow measurements in the Vema Fracture Zone
Author(s) -
Langseth Marcus G.,
Hobart Michael A.
Publication year - 1976
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/gl003i005p00241
Subject(s) - heat flow , geology , fracture zone , lithosphere , fracture (geology) , flow (mathematics) , thermal , fault (geology) , mechanics , fault plane , plane (geometry) , petrology , seismology , geophysics , geometry , thermodynamics , geotechnical engineering , physics , tectonics , mathematics
23 measurements in the floor of the Vema Fracture Zone show heat flow to be above normal and remarkably uniform between the active spreading centers (HF = 3.5 HFU). A simple thermal model of a transform fracture zone shows that heat flow over the fault plane should equal the means of the heat flows over the two abutting lithospheric plates. This model predicts a rather uniform heat flow between the two spreading centers.
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