Heat Flux Below Greenland Ice Sheet (IMAGE)

University of Kansas

Heat Flux Below Greenland Ice Sheet

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These are geothermal heat flux predictions for Greenland. Direct GHF measurements from the coastal rock cores, inferences from ice cores, and additional Gaussian-fit GHF data around ice core sites are used as training samples. Predictions are shown for three different values. The white dashed region roughly shows the extent of elevated heat flux and a possible trajectory of Greenland's movement over the Icelandic plume.

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