Heat flow in the presence of topography: Numerical analysis of data ensembles
Heat flow in the presence of topography: Numerical analysis of data ensembles
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存在地形的热流:数据集合的数值分析
DOI:
10.1190/1.1442004
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发表时间:
1985
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
H. Pollack
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作者:
S. Henry;H. Pollack
We present a method of estimating subsurface temperatures and true regional heat flow in the presence of perturbing topography, variable surface temperature, and subsurface thermal conductivity contrasts. The method involves solution of the steady‐state three‐dimensional heat conduction equation by finite‐difference numerical techniques. The topography is represented by an irregular upper boundary and the variable surface temperature as a boundary condition along the irregular upper surface. Internal structural configurations and conductivity contrasts are easily accommodated. The principal variable input into the system is the deep basal (unperturbed) heat flow. The best value of heat flow is obtained by minimizing, in a least‐squares sense, the differences between observed and calculated temperatures. Temperature observations commonly are distributed irregularly in the near‐surface (perturbed) environment, in multiple vertical or inclined boreholes, tunnels, and/or mine galleries. The method is particul...