Heat flow and mass wasting in the Wilmington Canyon Region: U.S. Continental Margin |
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| Authors: | D H Abbott M A Hobart R W Embley |
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| Institution: | (1) College of Oceanography, Oregon State University, 97331 Corvallis, OR;(2) Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, 10964 Palisades, NY;(3) NOAA/MRRD, Hatfield Marine Science Center, 97365 Newport, OR |
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| Abstract: | The average corrected heat flow in the Wilmington Canyon region, an area of inferred slope instability, is 35 ± 10 mW/m2. This average heat flow is marginally consistent with the 46 ± 9 mW/m2 measured at other North Atlantic sites over 160 m.y. old. High topographic relief causes most of the variability in surface heat flow and may lower the mean surface heat flow. There is no significant difference between the average corrected heat flow of 35 ± 10 mW/m2 in sediment slide areas and the average corrected heat flow of 34 ± 10 mW/m2 in undisturbed sediments. |
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