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Science 14 June 1963:
Vol. 140. no. 3572, pp. 1207 - 1208
DOI: 10.1126/science.140.3572.1207
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Geothermal Heat Flow in the Gulfs of California and Aden

Richard P. Von Herzen 1

1 Marine Physical Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

Eighteen measurements in and near the gulfs of California and Aden indicate the geothermal flux is several times the world-wide mean of 1.2 x 10-6 cal/cm2 sec in both regions. Both gulfs closely coincide with the intersection of oceanic rises with continents and have likely been formed under tensional forces, which suggests an association with mantle convection currents.

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