Heat flow in the Basin and Range province and thermal effects of tectonic extension

1978 ◽  
Vol 117 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 34-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur H. Lachenbruch
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flow ◽  
Thermal Effects ◽  
Basin And Range ◽  
Basin And Range Province ◽  
Tectonic Extension

A COMPARISON OF TERRESTRIAL HEAT FLOW AND TRANSIENT GEOMAGNETIC FLUCTUATIONS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES

Geophysics ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Warren ◽  
John G. Sclater ◽  
Victor Vacquier ◽  
Robert F. Roy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Heat Flow ◽  
Upper Mantle ◽  
Basin And Range ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Fault System ◽  
Southwestern United States ◽  
Basin And Range Province ◽  
Magnetotelluric Data ◽  
Time Variations

Magnetic time‐variations between Tucson, Arizona and Sweetwater, Texas indicate that a zone of high electrical conductivity underlies the southwestern United States. The interpretation of this zone by Schmucker as a rise of the isotherms in the upper mantle is supported by six heat flow observations along the line of the geomagnetic profile. These and other observations indicate a high but variable heat flow in the Basin and Range Province which contrasts strongly with the uniform values of [Formula: see text] reported for the Texas Foreland. The width of this high heat flow anomaly, which may extend across the entire Basin and Range Province, suggests anomalously high temperatures in the upper mantle. This interpretation is further supported by magnetotelluric data between Phoenix, Arizona and Roswell, New Mexico and by the low seismic [Formula: see text] velocity and negative gravity anomaly. It is suggested that the “anomalous mantle” may be related to the tectonic evolution of the western United States and the late Cenozoic fault system.

Thermal regime of the southern Basin and Range Province: 1. Heat flow data from Arizona and the Mojave Desert of California and Nevada

1994 ◽  
Vol 99 (B11) ◽  
pp. 22093-22119 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Sass ◽  
Arthur H. Lachenbruch ◽  
S. P. Galanis ◽  
Paul Morgan ◽  
S. S. Priest ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flow ◽  
Thermal Regime ◽  
Mojave Desert ◽  
Basin And Range ◽  
Flow Data ◽  
Basin And Range Province ◽  
Southern Basin

Mineral resource areas of the Basin and Range Province of Texas

1983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher D. Henry ◽  
J.G. Price ◽  
M.F. Hutchins
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Resource ◽  
Basin And Range ◽  
Basin And Range Province
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