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IUGG XXIV General Assembly July 2-13, 2007 Perugia, Italy<br />

(S) - <strong>IASPEI</strong> - International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's<br />

Interior<br />

JSS017 Oral Presentation 2383<br />

Conductive heat flow in the mediterranean region: pitfalls in low degree<br />

harmonic representations<br />

Prof. Valiya Hamza<br />

Geofsica Observatrio Nacional-ON, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil <strong>IASPEI</strong><br />

A comparative study numerical and spherical harmonic representation of conductive heat flow of the<br />

Mediterranean region has been attempted. The numerical representation indicate that heat flow is<br />

relatively high in the western half of the Mediterranean compared to its eastern parts, the exception<br />

being the area of the Aegean sea. However, harmonic representations based on the set of Legendre<br />

coefficients, published in 1993 (SHC93), are found to lead to regional heat flow trends characterized by<br />

a broad east-west anomaly but with subdued heat flow values. There are indications that this<br />

discrepancy in the regional trend between the numerical and SHC93maps arise from the lack of<br />

adequate spatial resolution in low degree harmonic representations. In an attempt to improve the<br />

spatial resolution regional heat flow maps were derived on the basis of new set of Legendre coefficients<br />

for 36 degree expansion. These maps reveal a pattern indicating high heat flow in the western parts<br />

relative to the eastern parts of the Mediterranean. The central segment of the heat flow anomaly is<br />

situated in the western off-shore region of the Italian Peninsula. The overall trend is thus similar to that<br />

observed in numerical representations.<br />

Keywords: mediterranean, harmonicrepresentation, conductiveheatflow

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