Objective One of the most important problems in lithospheric geophysics is to understand the heat transfer processes in the Earth's crust. Work done so far with geothermal data from the Kola superdeep hole in Russia and the Continental Deep Drilling Programme KTB holes in Germany has revealed the importance of the many contributing factors such as advective heat transfer, conductive refraction of heat and palaeoclimatic surface temperature changes. However, the relative contribution of these factors remains unclear because of poorly constrained temperature and groundwater flow fields in the surroundings of these deep holes. This project aims at compiling, analysing and interpreting a high-quality dataset to be collected in the Kola deep hole area, including the logging of temperature in tens of 1-2 km deep boreholes existing around the deep hole, measurements of rock thermal properties in the laboratory and of hydraulic properties in situ. A dataset of heat flow density will provide an excellent constraint for heat transfer models of the area. This project provides a unique opportunity to produce one of the world's best geothermal data collections. It will considerably increase the current understanding of crustal heat transfer processes. Programme(s) IC-INTAS - International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the independent states of the former Soviet Union (INTAS), 1993- Topic(s) 53 - Geophysics Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Bodenforschung EU contribution No data Address Stilleweg 2 30655 Hannover Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Geological Survey of Finland Finland EU contribution No data Address 02150 Espoo See on map Total cost No data Russian Academy of Sciences Russia EU contribution No data Address 123810 Moscow See on map Total cost No data