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Basic data for some recent Australian heat-flow measurements

January 1, 1975

This report has been compiled to provide background information and detailed temperature and thermal conductivity data for the heat-flow values reported in Sass, Jaeger, and Munroe (in press). The data were collected as part of a joint heat-flow study by the Australian National University (ANU) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the direction of J. C. Jaeger (ANU) and J. H. Sass (USGS). The format is similar to that used for basic data from United States heat-flow determinations (Sass and Munroe, 1974). Each section contains a state map showing the geographic distribution of heat-flow data followed by tables which list individual temperatures, thermal conductivities, and radiogenic heat production values. A companion volume (Bunker and others, 1975) gives details of the heat-production measurements together with individual radioelement concentrations. Localities are arranged in alphabetical order within each state. The methods and techniques of measurements have been described by Sass and others (1971a, b). Unusual methods or procedures which differ markedly from these techniques are noted and described in the comments sections of the tables.

Publication Year 1975
Title Basic data for some recent Australian heat-flow measurements
DOI 10.3133/ofr75567
Authors Robert J. Munroe, J. H. Sass, G.T. Milburn, J.C. Jaeger, H.Y. Tammemagi
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 75-567
Index ID ofr75567
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse