Question 24

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Assume heat producing elements are uniformly distributed within a 16 km thick layer in the crust in a heat flow province. Given that the surface heat flow and reduced heat flow are 54 mW/m² and 22 mW/m², respectively, the radiogenic heat production in the given crustal layer in µW/m³ is ____________ (in integer).

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GATE GG-1 2024 · Paper 1

Geology and Geophysics · Original paper archive

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