Where Is the Heat Flow of Oceanic Crust the Greatest
A short summary of this paper. The heat flow through it is greatest at mid-ocean ridges. Evolution Of Continents And Oceans Will Gosnold Created Date. . Oceanic crust has a lower density than continental crust has. On average heat flow through oceanic crust is greater than heat flow through continental crust because mantle heat is transferred towards the surface by convection asked Sep 11 2016 in Environmental Atmospheric Sciences by Mariangela. Will Gosnold Last modified by. Hydrothermal circulation in its most general sense is the circulation of hot water. The thermal evolution of the oceanic lithosphere controls the distribution characteristics of MHF. The heat flow values obtained are reasonably constant between 068 107 mWm 2 and 098 HFF 154 mWm 2 thus heat flow values are close to the trend of the plate cooling model Fig. Heat flow is higher in areas with either high radioactivity or where the Earths ...