Heat Flow in the Campos Sedimentary Basin and Thermal History of the Continental Margin of Southeast Brazil

Table 3

Thermal conductivity values reported in earlier studies. The names in brackets in the second column are corresponding formations in the adjacent Campos basin.

Region	Layer/formation	Rock type	Thermal conductivity (W/m/K)
Platform area [40]	Ocean floor	Sediments	1.5–2.1
Continental part of Campos basin [41]	Drill cuttings	Shaly sand; Sandy shale	2.2–3.5; 2.5–3.2
Campos ([63, 64]) and Espirito Santo [42] basins	Rio Doce (Emborê)	Shale; Sandstone	1.6; 1.9
	Caravelas (Ubatuba)	Carbonates	2.3
	Urucutuca (Campos)	Shale; Sandstone	1.9; 2.7
	Barra Nova (Macaé)	Shale; Sandstone; Carbonates	1.7; 2.5; 3.0
	Mariricu (Lagoa Feia)	Shale; Sandstone; Carbonates; Anhydrite	2.4; 2.8; 2.9; 5.7
Basement [77]	Precambrian	Mafics; Metamorphics	2.1; 3.9