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  1. Great Lakes Geothermal Services, PO Box 610208, Port Huron, MI, 48061, USA

    John H. Sass

  2. Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

    Graeme Beardsmore

  3. Hot Dry Rocks Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia

    Graeme Beardsmore

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    Harsh K. Gupta

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Sass, J.H., Beardsmore, G. (2011). Heat Flow Measurements, Continental. In: Gupta, H.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8702-7_72

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