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2013 Meetings & Workshops
SP2:
From surface heat flow mapping to geodynamic
analysis and geothermal energy
Organiser:
IASPEI; Co-sponsor: IAPSO
Lead Convener: Cristoph Clauser –
IASPEI (Germany)
Co-Conveners: Yuri Popov – IASPEI
(Russia), Valiya Hamza - IAPSO (Brasil),
Olafur Flovenz – IASPEI (Iceland)
Description:
This symposium is marking the 50 years of
activity of the International Heat Flow
Commission. Until the middle of the 20th
century, surface heat flow of the Earth was
known only for individual patches of the
globe’s continents. As geodynamic concepts
stated to become generally accepted, there
was a urgent need for a general assessment
and mapping of terrestrial heat flow.
Correspondingly, the first decades of IHFC
activity were devoted to all aspects
regarding instrumentation for in situ
measurements on land and at sea, and methods
for measuring thermal rock properties in the
laboratory. These measurements were
condensed in a heat flow data base which
today is available via the internet. Based
on these measurements, first heat flow maps
were made available, both for individual
countries, continents and the entire globe.
Today these data are available as input and
boundary conditions for a scope of topics
ranging from geodynamics, paleo-climate
research, to geothermal energy and
hydrocarbon production problems. As these
communities have developed individually and
sometimes somewhat disconnected from each
other, this symposium will provide a
platform for exchange of ideas, methods, and
concepts which may prove useful in the
neighboring field. Therefore we invite
contributions from researchers producing,
processing, or analyzing data characterizing
thermal rock properties and the thermal
regime of the Earth at various depth scales.
Reviews will be solicited on the current
state of the three broad fields of research
mentioned above and individual contributions
are invited reporting progress on specific
topics in any of these fields.
Deadline for the submission of abstracts:
February 4, 2013
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