Heat flow measurement in shallow seas through long‐term temperature monitoring

Hideki Hamamoto, Makoto Yamano, Shusaku Goto

doi:10.1029/2005gl024138

Heat flow measurement in shallow seas through long‐term temperature monitoring

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Hideki Hamamoto

Earthquake Research Institute University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan
Makoto Yamano

Earthquake Research Institute University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan
Shusaku Goto

Aso Volcanological Laboratory, Institute for Geothermal Sciences Kyoto University Aso Japan

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公開日: 2005-11

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DOI

10.1029/2005gl024138

公開者: American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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<jats:p>It is difficult to obtain reliable heat flow values in shallow sea areas where the bottom water temperature is not stable. We attempted to measure heat flow in shallow seas by monitoring temperature profiles in sediments, using pop‐up type instruments with 2 m long temperature probes. Long‐term temperature records for over 200 days were obtained at four stations off southwest Japan. Analysis of the data showed the bottom water temperature variations (BTV) were propagated through sediments by thermal diffusion only. We could then remove the influence of BTV from the temperature records and determine the heat flow, though the effect of longer period components in BTV has possibly remained. The obtained heat flow values are consistent with those estimated from depths of gas hydrate BSRs in the vicinities of the stations. These results indicate that long‐term temperature monitoring is a useful method for heat flow determination in shallow seas.</jats:p>