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Heat-flow data from southeastern Oregon

January 1, 1976

With the exception of values from two holes drilled within 2 km of Mickey Hot Springs, 17 new heat-flow values in southeastern Oregon are within or somewhat below the range one would normally expect in non-anomalous parts of the North American Cordillera. This is not surprising for a region in which most igneous rocks on the surface are 5 m.y. old or more. There is a suggestion of a thermal anomaly associated with the very young (late Pleistocene or Holocene) Diamond Craters lava field, and the thermal regime on both sides of Steens Mountain seems to be controlled, to some degree, by lateral and vertical movement of water.

Publication Year 1976
Title Heat-flow data from southeastern Oregon
DOI 10.3133/ofr76217
Authors J.H. Sass, S.P. Galanis, R. J. Munroe, T. C. Urban
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 76-217
Index ID ofr76217
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
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