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Subsurface temperature measurements and terrestrial heat flow estimates in the Aswan region, Egypt

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The results of temperature measurements in six boreholes, drilled near the west shores of the Lake Nasser in the Aswan region in the Nubian Desert, are reported. Temperature-depth profiles, complemented by thermal conductivity determinations of surface rock samples, were used to calculate the existing range of heat flow density in the region as 40 ÷ 60 mWm−2, which is consistent with the values from the adjacent areas, reported in the literature. The extrapolated mean annual ground surface temperatures amount, on the average, to 30°C, which is 3 K higher than the mean annual air temperature in the region.

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  1. Geophysical Institute, Boční II/1401, 141 31, Prague 4, Czech Republic

    J. Šafanda, M. Krešl & V. Čermák

  2. National Research Institute for Astronomy and Geophysics, Helwan, Egypt

    A. R. G. Hasanean, H. A. Deebes & M. A. Abd-Alla

  3. Aswan Seismological Center, Aswan, Egypt

    S. M. Moustafa

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Šafanda, J., Krešl, M., Čermák, V. et al. Subsurface temperature measurements and terrestrial heat flow estimates in the Aswan region, Egypt. Stud Geophys Geod 39, 162–176 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02296073

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