Study on the geothermal dynamics characteristics of Xitieshan-Golmud-Yadong profile in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Author

Zhai, Lijian ; Bi, Siwen ; Zhong, Dalai

Author_Institution

Chengdu Inst. of Mountain Disasters & Environ., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Chengdu, China

Volume

4

fYear

2003

fDate

21-25 July 2003

Firstpage

2593

Abstract

Geothermometry of Xitieshan-Golmud-Yadong profile in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau shows that except the temperature of the northern Chadum Basin is higher than that of the other massifs, the geothermal state of each massif in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau appears high in the south and low in the north generally. The temperature of Lahsa-Gangdisi massif is the highest, the Himalayas massif comes next, and then the Qiangtang, Kekexili-Bayankela, Kunlun massif. The geothermometry results coincide with the division of each massif and fault. Temperature of the fault is obviously higher than that of the low-temperature massif next to it, and the temperature of Shiquanke-Yalu Tsangpo River fault is the highest. The experimental method is easy to operate to reveal the geothermal action state of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau that provides an important basis for the study of geothermal dynamics in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Keywords

Earth crust; geology; terrestrial heat; China; Himalayas massif; Kekexili-Bayankela massif; Kunlun massif; Lahsa-Gangdisi massif; Qiangtang massif; Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; Shiquanke-Yalu Tsangpo river; Xitieshan-Golmud-Yadong profile; geology; geophysical techniques; geothermal dynamics; geothermometry; northern Chadum Basin; Lakes; Rivers; Temperature distribution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7929-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294521

Filename

1294521