Working groups

Most of the work of the IHFC is performed by its working groups. These are organized by one or a group of speakers. Members and speakers of these working groups need not necessarily be members of the IHFC. Please do not hesitate to contact the speakers in case of questions or suggestions.

• WG Global Heat Flow Database
  The working group "Heat Flow Database" defines structure and quality criteria of the Global Heat Flow Database and takes care to maintain and extend the database.
• WG Borehole Temperature and Paleoclimate
  The WG aims at understanding the thermal impact on the subsurface temperature distribution of interactions at the lithosphere, cryosphere, and atmosphere interfaces over time to reveal and constrain past climatic conditions.
• WG Thermal Properties
  
• WG Marine Heat Flow
  The primary focus is to identify the scientific problems that can be addressed by the acquisition of shallow sub-seafloor thermal gradients and thermal conductivity data, collectively used to quantify conductive heat flow.
• WG Applied Geothermics
  The Applied Geothermics working group delivers guidelines, recommendations and training for the application of heat flow concepts and practices to the exploration, characterization, and production of earth resources.
• WG Education and Dissemination
  The working group "Education and Dissemination" aims at developing organizational structures, specific methods, and tools to support the heat-flow community with transferable knowledge effectively.