RESEARCH ARTICLE
Heat flow estimates offshore Haiti in the Caribbean plate
Frédérique Rolandone,
Francis Lucazeau,
Jeffrey Poort,
Sylvie Leroy,
Corresponding Author
Frédérique Rolandone
Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193, Paris, France
Correspondence
Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193, F-75005, Paris, France.
Email: frederique.rolandone@upmc.fr
Search for more papers by this authorFrancis Lucazeau
Université de Paris, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorJeffrey Poort
Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorSylvie Leroy
Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorFrédérique Rolandone,
Francis Lucazeau,
Jeffrey Poort,
Sylvie Leroy,
Corresponding Author
Frédérique Rolandone
Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193, Paris, France
Correspondence
Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193, F-75005, Paris, France.
Email: frederique.rolandone@upmc.fr
Search for more papers by this authorFrancis Lucazeau
Université de Paris, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorJeffrey Poort
Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorSylvie Leroy
Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Heat-flow in the Caribbean is poorly known and generally low in the major basins and the Greater Antilles arc, but with some high values in active zones, like in the Cayman trough or in the Lesser Antilles Arc. Here we present new heat-flow data for offshore Haiti, which is part of the Greater Antilles arc. We obtain new heat-flow estimates from in situ measurements and Bottom Simulating Reflector (BSR). Both methods suggest a regionally low heat-flow, respectively 46 ± 7 and 44 ± 12 mW/m2, with locally high values exceeding 80 mW/m2. The high heat-flow values are generally located near faults, and could be related to fluid circulations. Our study confirms a low heat-flow pattern at the scale of the Caribbean but points out the existence of local-scale variability with high heat-flow along the northern faults of the Caribbean region.
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