The hot southern continent: heat flow and heat production in Australian Proterozoic terranes

McLaren, Sandra; Sandiford, Michael. A; Hand, Martin; Neumann, N; Wyborn, Lesley A; Bastrakova, I.

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The hot southern continent: heat flow and heat production in Australian Proterozoic terranes

Date

2003

Authors

McLaren, Sandra

Sandiford, Michael. A

Hand, Martin

Neumann, N

Wyborn, Lesley A

Bastrakova, I.

Publisher

Blackwell Science Asia

Abstract

Available surface heat-flow measurements from Australian Proterozoic terranes (83 ± 18 mWm-2) are significantly higher than the global Proterozoic average of -50 mWm-2. Seismic evidence for the presence of relatively cool mantle together with the lack of