Greenland Geothermal Heat Flow Database and Map (Version 1)

Colgan, William; Wansing, Agnes; Mankoff, Kenneth; Lösing, Mareen; Hopper, John; Louden, Keith; Ebbing, Jörg; Christiansen, Flemming G.; Ingeman-Nielsen, Thomas; Liljedahl, Lillemor Claesson; MacGregor, Joseph A.; Hjartarson, Árni; Bernstein, Stefan; Karlsson, Nanna B.; Fuchs, Sven; Hartikainen, Juha; Liakka, Johan; Fausto, Robert S.; Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe; Bjørk, Anders; Naslund, Jens-Ove; Mørk, Finn; Martos, Yasmina; Balling, Niels; Funck, Thomas; Kjeldsen, Kristian K.; Petersen, Dorthe; Gregersen, Ulrik; Dam, Gregers; Nielsen, Tove; Khan, Shfaqat A.; Løkkegaard, Anja

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-2209-2022

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 14, 2209–2238, 2022

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-2209-2022

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Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 14, 2209–2238, 2022

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-2209-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

Data description paper

12 May 2022

Data description paper | 12 May 2022

Greenland Geothermal Heat Flow Database and Map (Version 1)

William Colgan et al.

Data sets

Greenland Geothermal Heat Flow Database and Map William Colgan and Agnes Wansing https://doi.org/10.22008/FK2/F9P03L

Short summary

We assemble all available geothermal heat flow measurements collected in and around Greenland into a new database. We use this database of point measurements, in combination with other geophysical datasets, to model geothermal heat flow in and around Greenland. Our geothermal heat flow model is generally cooler than previous models of Greenland, especially in southern Greenland. It does not suggest any high geothermal heat flows resulting from Icelandic plume activity over 50 million years ago.