HEAT-FLOW ACROSS THE TOE OF ACCRETIONARY PRISMS - THE ROLE OF FLUID FLUX

Authors
WANG CY LIANG GP SHI YL
Citation
Cy. Wang et al., HEAT-FLOW ACROSS THE TOE OF ACCRETIONARY PRISMS - THE ROLE OF FLUID FLUX, Geophysical research letters, 20(8), 1993, pp. 659-662
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Geophysical research letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00948276
Volume
20
Issue
8
Year of publication
1993
Pages
659 - 662
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(1993)20:8<659:HATTOA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Compaction-driven fluid flow in accretionary prisms is ineffective in changing heat flow across the lower slope, even when the rate of fluid flow is greatly enhanced by hydrofracturing, as results of numerical analysis show. For most faults which are long relative to their thickn ess, conductive heat loss to the wall rock is much more effective in h eat transport than advective transport along the faults.