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ZONE GEOTHERMIQUE HAUTE TEMPERATURE [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geophysics
  • Calorimetry
DEF

Earth's surface [area] ... having temperature gradients many times as great as those found in non-thermal areas.

OBS

Non-thermal areas ... [are those] having temperature gradients ranging from about 10 to 40°C per kilometer of depth.

Key term(s)
  • hyperthermal area

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géophysique
  • Calorimétrie
DEF

Surface du globe [zone] [...] qui présente des gradients de température plusieurs fois supérieurs à ceux rencontrés dans les zones non thermiques.

OBS

[...] le gradient de température est une fonction mesurable et simple, qui peut servir utilement de base préliminaire pour cette classification très large et sommaire qui, c'est à souligner, n'est cautionnée par aucune autorité classique : il s'agit simplement d'une proposition de l'auteur.

Spanish

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