A reinterpretation of the linear heat flow and heat production relationship for the exponential model of the heat production in the crust

Singh, Rishi Narain ; Negi, Janardan G. (1979) A reinterpretation of the linear heat flow and heat production relationship for the exponential model of the heat production in the crust Geophysical Journal International, 57 (3). pp. 741-744. ISSN 0956-540X

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Abstract

The conventional assumption of the equality of the slope of the empirical linear heat flow/heat generation relation and the logarithmic decrement in the exponential model of the heat production is not valid. The rigorous analysis of the heat flow equation shows that, with the increase of the magnitude of the slope, the invalidity becomes significant. In the Indian shield region, the available estimate of the slope is 14.8 km, while the corresponding logarithmic decrement value is 17.2 km, However, it may be emphasized that in the step model the slope is rightly interpreted as the thickness of the radioactive layer.

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