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The heat flow field in mainland UK

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Belts of relatively high flux correspond to zones of crust enriched in radioactive heat production to ∼15 km depth. The enrichments were introduced into the crust by granitic magmas.

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    Present address: Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge, UK

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