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Title: Heat Flow, North Atlantic Ocean, 1940-2009

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Dates

  • Issued: 2016
  • Coverage: 2016

Publishers

  • International Heat Flow Commission

Summary

This point shapefile contains heat flow data for North Atlantic Ocean compiled from sources dating from 1940 to 2009. Heat flow is a measure of heat loss across the surface of the Earth and is useful for modeling recent tectonic activity, transport of heat by groundwater, variations in concentrations of the radiogenic elements U, Th and K, glacial dynamics, and recent changes in climate. See attibute table and supplemental documentation for more detail. Global heat flow data are maintained by the International Heat Flow Commission (IHFC) of the International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI). Heat Flow, North Atlantic Ocean, 1940-2009 (2016) .Global Heatflow database from the International Heat Flow Commission 2011. http://purl.stanford.edu/sc421mj7431 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

Subjects

  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • Terrestrial heat flow
  • Climatology, Meteorology and Atmosphere
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-97.6666, 41.7167, 68.8617, -1.956)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-97.6666, 41.7167, 68.8617, -1.956)

Provider

Stanford

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

International Heat Flow Commission, International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior, Oklahoma State University. Department of Geography. Cartography Service. Heat Flow, North Atlantic Ocean, 1940-2009. International Heat Flow Commission. Point data. https://purl.stanford.edu/sc421mj7431

Format

Shapefile

Languages

  • English