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Heat production and seismic velocity of crustal rocks
Author(s) -
Stegena Lajos G.,
Meissner Rolf O.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
terra nova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.353
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-3121
pISSN - 0954-4879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1990.tb00041.x
Subject(s) - radiogenic nuclide , geology , seismic velocity , crust , geothermal gradient , continental crust , earth crust , high heat , geophysics , geochemistry , petrology , seismology , mantle (geology) , materials science , composite material
Heat production of the continental crust can be determined from the seismic velocity structure. There is, however, a significant scatter in the determination, partly caused by the quality of geothermal data and partly by the fact that seismic velocity and radiogenic heat production are not uniquely related to each other by the chemical composition of rocks.