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Heat Flow Data in Switzerland

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Terrestrial Heat Flow in Europe

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Only a limited number of heat flow data are available in Switzerland, a surprising fact in view of the pioneer work performed here during the nineteenth century. The density of heat flow data is too low to construct isolines. For this reason the 14 heat flow values reported are discussed in accordance with their geologic-tectonic settings.

Contribution No. 175, Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zürich, and Contribution No. 95, Laboratory of Experimental Geology, ETH Zürich

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  1. Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zürich, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland

    L. Rybach

  2. Laboratory of Experimental Geology, ETH Zürich, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland

    P. G. Finckh

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  1. Geophysical Institute, Czechoslovakia Academy of Sciences, Boční II - ČP 1401, 14131, Prague 4 - Spořilov, CSSR

    Vladimír Čermák

  2. ETH-Hönggerberg, Institut für Geophysik der ETH Zürich, CH-8093, Zürich, Switzerland

    Ladislaus Rybach

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Rybach, L., Finckh, P.G. (1979). Heat Flow Data in Switzerland. In: Čermák, V., Rybach, L. (eds) Terrestrial Heat Flow in Europe. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95357-6_29

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