scholarly journals Present-day geothermal regime of the Uliastai Depression, Erlian Basin, North China

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 770-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Xu ◽  
Shaopeng Huang ◽  
Jiong Zhang ◽  
Ruyang Yu ◽  
Yinhui Zuo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Heat Flow ◽  
Thermal Structure ◽  
Rheological Characteristic ◽  
Rheological Parameter ◽  
Lithospheric Thickness ◽  
Terrestrial Heat Flow ◽  
Geothermal Regime ◽  
Mantle Heat Flow ◽  
Erlian Basin

In this study, we calculated the present-day terrestrial heat flow of the Uliastai Depression in Erlian Basin by using systematical steady-state temperature data obtained from four deep boreholes and 89 thermal conductivity measurements from 22 boreholes. Then, we calculated the lithospheric thermal structure, thermal lithospheric thickness, and lithospheric thermo-rheological structure by combining crustal structure, thermal conductivity, heat production, and rheological parameter data. Research from the Depression shows that the present-day terrestrial heat flow ( qs) is 86.3 ± 2.3 mW/m2, higher than the average of 60.4 ± 12.3 mW/m2 of the continental area of China. Mantle heat flow ( qm) in the Depression ranges from 33.7 to 39.3 mW/m2, qm/ qs ranges from 40 to 44%, show that the crust plays the dominant position in the terrestrial heat flow. The thermal thickness of the lithosphere is about 74–88 km and characterized by a “strong crust–weak mantle” rheological characteristic. The total lithospheric strength is 1.5 × 1012 N/m under wet mantle conditions. Present-day geothermal regime indicates that the Uliastai Depression has a high thermal background, the activity of the deep-seated lithosphere is relatively intense. This result differs significantly from the earlier understanding that the area belongs to a cold basin. However, a hot basin should be better consistent with the evidences from lithochemistry and geophysical observations. The results also show the melts/fluids in the study area may be related to the subduction of the Paleo-Asian Ocean. The study of the geothermal regime in the Uliastai Depression provides new geothermal evidence for the volcanic activity in the eastern part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and has significant implications for the geodynamic characteristics.

Terrestrial heat flow and crustal thermal structure in the northern slope of Tazhong uplift in Tarim Basin

Geothermics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 101709
Author(s):  
Yuchen Liu ◽  
Nansheng Qiu ◽  
Huili Li ◽  
Anlai Ma ◽  
Jian Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flow ◽  
Tarim Basin ◽  
Thermal Structure ◽  
Northern Slope ◽  
Terrestrial Heat Flow ◽  
Crustal Thermal Structure ◽  
Tazhong Uplift

Terrestrial heat flow in the baiyinchagan sag, erlian Basin, northern China

Geothermics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 101799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiong Zhang ◽  
Shaopeng Huang ◽  
Yinhui Zuo ◽  
Yongshui Zhou ◽  
Zhi Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flow ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Terrestrial Heat Flow ◽  
Erlian Basin

Terrestrial heat flow and crustal thermal structure of the Gonghe-Guide area, northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

Geothermics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
pp. 182-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Zhang ◽  
Guangzheng Jiang ◽  
Yizuo Shi ◽  
Zhuting Wang ◽  
Yi Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flow ◽  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Thermal Structure ◽  
Terrestrial Heat Flow ◽  
Crustal Thermal Structure

Measurement of the thermal conductivity of thin layers using a scanning thermal microscope

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 2530-2543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erwin R. Meinders
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Heat Flow ◽  
Thermal Structure ◽  
Thin Layers ◽  
Heat Diffusion ◽  
Sputter Deposited ◽  
Relative Differences ◽  
Conductivity Of Thin Films ◽  
Change Material

A scanning thermal microscope (SThM) was used to measure the thermal conductivity of thin sputter-deposited films in the thickness range of 10 nm–10 μm. The SThM method is based on a heated tip that is scanned across the surface of a sample. The heat flowing into the sample is correlated to the local thermal conductivity of the sample. Issues like the contact force, the surface roughness of the sample, and tip degradation, which determine to a great extent the contact area between tip and surface, and thus the heat flow to the sample, are addressed in the paper. A calibration curve was measured from known reference materials to quantify the sample heat flow. This calibration was used to determine the effective thermal conductivity of samples. Further, the heat diffusion through a layered sample due to a surface heat source was analyzed with an analytical and numerical model. Measurements were performed with films of aluminum, ZnS–SiO2, and GeSbTe phase change material of variable thickness and sputter-deposited on substrates of glass, silicon, or polycarbonate. It is shown in the paper that the SThM is a suitable tool to visualize relative differences in thermal structure of nanometer resolution. Determination of the thermal conductivity of thin layers is possible for layers in the micrometer range. It is concluded that the SThM is not sensitive enough to measure accurately the thermal conductivity of thin films in the nanometer range. Suggestions for improvement of the SThM method are given.

scholarly journals Radioactive Heat Production and Terrestrial Heat Flow in the Xiong’an Area, North China

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 4608
Author(s):  
Yue Cui ◽  
Chuanqing Zhu ◽  
Nansheng Qiu ◽  
Boning Tang ◽  
Sasa Guo
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flow ◽  
Heat Production ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Geothermal Resources ◽  
Rock Types ◽  
Terrestrial Heat Flow ◽  
Source Mechanisms ◽  
Lower Heat ◽  
Mantle Heat Flow ◽  
Area North

Herein, integrated heat production analysis in the Xiong’an area was conducted by measuring uranium, thorium, and potassium in different rock types to clarify crust heat flow contribution, simulate the conductive terrestrial heat flow, and illustrate heat source mechanisms of Xiong’an area geothermal resources. The study area was divided into three lithosphere structure types from west to east, and heat production corresponded to layer thickness and heat production with the central area having thicker crust and lower heat production than the eastern and western areas. Crustal heat production, mantle heat flow, and crust–mantle heat flow ratio reveal a ‘cold crust-hot mantle’ in the Xiong’an area.

Paleogeothermal Gradients across an Inverted Hyperextended Rift System (Mauléon Fossil Rift,Western Pyrenees)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Saspiturry ◽  
Abdeltif Lahfid ◽  
Thierry Baudin ◽  
Laurent Guillou-Frottier ◽  
Philippe Razin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flow ◽  
Thermal Structure ◽  
Ductile Deformation ◽  
Rift System ◽  
Alkaline Magmatism ◽  
Distal Margin ◽  
Geothermal Gradients ◽  
The North ◽  
Mantle Heat Flow ◽  
Paleogeothermal Gradient

<p>Examples of fossil and present-day passive margins resulting from mantle exhumation at the ocean–continent transition appear to have developed under conditions of high mantle heat flow. The pattern of geothermal gradients along these hyperextended margins at the time of rifting is of interest for exploration of geothermal and petroleum resources, but is difficult to access. The fossil rift in the North Pyrenean Zone, which underwent high temperature–low pressure metamorphism and alkaline magmatism during Early Cretaceous hyperextension, was studied to explore the geothermal regime at the time of rifting. Data from a set of 155 samples from densely spaced outcrops and boreholes, analyzed using Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material, shed light on the distribution of geothermal gradients across the inverted hyperextended Mauléon rift basin during Albian and Cenomanian time, its period of active extension. The estimated paleogeothermal gradient is strongly related to the structural position along the Albian-Cenomanian rift, increasing along a proximal-distal margin transect from ~34°C/km in the European proximal margin to ~37–47°C/km in the two necking zones and 57–60°C/km in the hyperextended domain. This pattern of the paleogeothermal gradient induced a complex competition between brittle and ductile deformation during crustal extension. A numerical modeling approach reproducing the thermal evolution of the North Pyrenees since 120 Ma suggests that mantle heat flow values may have peaked up to 100 mW.m-2 during the rifting event. We demonstrate that the style of reactivation during subsequent convergence influences the thermal structure of the inverted rift system.</p>

Heat production and thermal conductivity of rocks from the Pikwitonei–Sachigo continental cross section, central Manitoba: implications for the thermal structure of Archean crust

1987 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 1583-1594 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Fountain ◽  
Matthew H. Salisbury ◽  
Kevin P. Furlong
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Heat Flow ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Heat Production ◽  
Thermal Structure ◽  
Granulite Facies ◽  
Surface Heat ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectrometry ◽  
Surface Heat Flow ◽  
Greenstone Belts

The Pikwitonei and Sachigo subprovinces of central Manitoba provide a cross-sectional view of the Superior Province crust. In cross section, the upper to mid-level crust is composed of synformal greenstone belts surrounded by tonalitic gneisses, both of which are intruded by granitoid plutons. This crustal structure persists downward into the granulite facies, where keels of the greenstone belts can be found. To constrain thermal models of the crust, we measured heat production and thermal conductivity in 60 rocks from this terrain using standard gamma-ray spectrometry and divided bar techniques. Large vertical and lateral heterogeneities in heat production in the upper crust are evident; heat production is high in granites and metasedimentary rocks, intermediate in tonalite gneisses, and low in the portions of greenstone belts dominated by mafic meta-igneous rocks. In the deeper granulite facies rocks, heat production decreases by a factor of two in the tonalitic gneisses and remains low in the high-grade mafic rocks. When applied to the Pikwitonei–Sachigo crust cross section, the laboratory data here do not support step function or exponential models of the variation of heat production with depth. However, estimates of surface heat flow and surface heat production for various sites in the crustal model yield the well-known linear relationship between surface heat production and surface heat flow observed for heat-flow provinces for both one- and two-dimensional models. This demonstrates that determinations of heat production with depth based on inversion of the linear heat-production–heat-flow relationship are nonunique.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document