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Heat Flow, Regional Geophysics and Lithosphere Structure in Czechoslovakia and Adjacent Part of Central Europe

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Terrestrial Heat Flow and the Lithosphere Structure

Part of the book series: Exploration of the Deep Continental Crust ((EXPLORATION))

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This chapter summarizes 208 values of heat flow that have been collected in Czechoslovakia to date. The mean heat flow and its standard deviation for the region is 71.0 ± 22.8 mW m −2. To interpret the regional geothermal activity, the results of heat flow measurements in the adjacent part of Central Europe were incorporated into the general picture, and the pattern of the heat flow density is presented in the form of a heat flow map, which shows a good correlation with the major geological features. This map was completed with the results of the deep seismic sounding and the crustal thickness pattern; characteristic temperature-depth profiles were also constructed. Heat flow was correlated with crustal thickness and with near-surface heat production. After the crustal seismic velocities had been converted into heat production, the crustal contribution to the surface heat flow was evaluated and the regional Moho heat flow distribution assessed. Heat flow data were also used to speculate on the depth of the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary within the region under study.

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    V. Čermák, M. Krešl, J. Kubík & J. Šafanda

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Čermák, V., Král, M., Krešl, M., Kubík, J., Šafanda, J. (1991). Heat Flow, Regional Geophysics and Lithosphere Structure in Czechoslovakia and Adjacent Part of Central Europe. In: Čermák, V., Rybach, L. (eds) Terrestrial Heat Flow and the Lithosphere Structure. Exploration of the Deep Continental Crust. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75582-8_6

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