- Last updated
- December 31, 1982
- Terms of use
-
- Organization
- Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
- Categories
- Regions and cities, Environment
Description
The geothermal map shows the thermal energy that is produced in the subsurface and traverses the Earth's surface within an area of 1 m2 (mW/m2). The heat flow data is calculated from the temperature gradient (average value approx. 30 K/km) and heat conductivity of the rock (average value approx. 3 W/(m·K). The heat itself is released in the Earth's crust (ca. 30 km thick) generally by radioactive decay processes. On average, the heat flow in Switzerland is around 90 mW/m2. The highest figures are found in northern Switzerland and the lowest in the Alps/Jura. Differences are caused by deep groundwater circulating in permeable rock strata. - Source: F. MEDICI & L. RYBACH, Geothermal map of Switzerland 1995 (heat flow density), Contributions to the Geology of Switzerland, Geophysical Series, No. GP-30.
This dataset can be visualized on visualize.admin.ch.
Resources
Showcases
Additional information
- Identifier
- 2d8174b2-8c4a-44ea-b470-cb3f216b90d1@bundesamt-fur-landestopografie-swisstopo
- Issued date
- December 31, 1982
- Modified date
- -
- Conforms to
- -
- Publisher
- Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
- Contact points
- milan.beres@swisstopo.ch
- Languages
-
- English
- German
- French
- Italian
- Further information
- Landing page
- https://shop.swisstopo.admin.ch/de/buecher-und-publikationen/landesgeologie/beitraege-zur-geologie-der-schweiz/serie-geophysik
- Documentation
- Temporal coverage
- -
- Spatial coverage
- Landeskarte 1:500'000
- Update interval
- Irregular
- Metadata Access
- API (JSON) Download XML
