Research Article
Heat Flow in the Campos Sedimentary Basin and Thermal History of the Continental Margin of Southeast Brazil
Table 7
Values of parameters used in models of backstripping and thermal subsidence.
| Parameter | Description | Value | Unit |
| | Water density | 1 | g/cm3 | | Mantle density | 3.3 | g/cm3 | | Crustal density | 2.8 | g/cm3 | | Initial thickness of lithosphere | 125 | km | | Initial thickness of the crust | 34 | km | | Linear thermal expansion coefficient | 3.3 × 10−5 |
°C−1 | | Time constant of the lithosphere | 62.8 | Ma | | Thermal conductivity of the lithosphere | 4 | W/m/K | | Thermal conductivity of water | 0.56 | W/m/K | | Temperature at the base of the lithosphere | 1333 |
°C | | Thermal diffusivity of the lithosphere | 8 × 10−7 | m2/s |
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