The continental lithosphere

THERMAL REGIME OF THE CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE:
DATA DOWNLOADS

Please refer to the original publications for explanations on the methods, model parameters,
model resolution, and sensitivity analysis (Artemieva and Mooney, 2001; Artemieva, 2006).

Surface heat flow on the continents on a 3 deg x 3 deg grid.
This file is based on reliable heat flow data as compiled in the global heat flow data base of
H.Pollack et al. (1993) and updated for new borehole measurements

Qo-conts-3deg.dat
Explanatory note 1

Surface heat flow on the continents on a 5 deg x 5 deg grid.
This file is based on reliable heat flow data as compiled in the global heat flow data base of
H.Pollack et al. (1993) and updated for new borehole measurements

Qo-conts-5deg.dat
Explanatory note 2

Global thermal model for the continental lithosphere on a 5 deg x 5 deg grid.*
The database includes:

mantle temperatures at depths of 40, 50, 100, 150, and 200 km;
temperature gradient in the crust and the lithospheric mantle;
depths to isotherms of 550, 900,and 1300 deg C.
The latter value provides the lithosphere thermal thickness.

TC1-5deg.dat
Explanatory note 3

* Note: the file is based on the global 1 deg x 1 deg TC1 model (see explanatory note). In addition to the thermal regime of the
continental upper mantle, the model includes my 1 deg x 1 deg global compilation of tectono-thermal ages of the continents.
At present, regional subsets of the thermal part of the TC1 model on a 1 deg x 1 deg grid can be requested from the author
(please indicate the area of interest and your research goal).