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A LINEAR relationship between heat flow and heat production within plutonic bodies has been observed by a number of researchers1,2 and can be written: 
where q is the surface heat flow, A(0) is the surface heat production, and q* and D are constants within a given geographic province.
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HAWKESWORTH, C. Vertical distribution of heat production in the Basement of the Eastern Alps. Nature 249, 435–436 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249435a0
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