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Data description paper
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12 May 2022
Data description paper |
| 12 May 2022
| 12 May 2022
Greenland Geothermal Heat Flow Database and Map (Version 1)
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Agnes Wansing
Institute of Geosciences, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
Kenneth Mankoff
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mareen Lösing
Institute of Geosciences, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
John Hopper
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Keith Louden
Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Jörg Ebbing
Institute of Geosciences, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
Flemming G. Christiansen
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Thomas Ingeman-Nielsen
Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark,
Lyngby, Denmark
Lillemor Claesson Liljedahl
DHI Sverige, Stockholm, Sweden
Joseph A. MacGregor
Cryospheric Sciences Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Árni Hjartarson
Icelandic Geosurvey, Reykjavik, Iceland
Stefan Bernstein
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nanna B. Karlsson
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sven Fuchs
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences,
Potsdam, Germany
Juha Hartikainen
Faculty of Built Environment, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
Johan Liakka
Faculty of Built Environment, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
Robert S. Fausto
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
Center for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, Canada
Anders Bjørk
Department of Geography, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen,
Denmark
Jens-Ove Naslund
Faculty of Built Environment, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
Finn Mørk
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Yasmina Martos
Planetary and Magnetospheres Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Niels Balling
Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Thomas Funck
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kristian K. Kjeldsen
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Dorthe Petersen
Asiaq – Greenland Survey, Nuuk, Greenland
Ulrik Gregersen
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Gregers Dam
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Tove Nielsen
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Shfaqat A. Khan
National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby,
Denmark
Anja Løkkegaard
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
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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.
We assemble all available geothermal heat flow measurements collected in and around Greenland...
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