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East African Rift Temperature and Heat flow model (EARTH)

Dataset title East African Rift Temperature and Heat flow model (EARTH)
Dataset creators Darren J. R. Jones, British Geological Survey
Dataset theme Geoscientific Information
Dataset abstract

A geographic information system (GIS) heat flow and temperature model of East Africa created by extracting data from open sources into a series of shapefiles and rasters containing information on geothermal sites, hot spring locations, digital elevation model, surface temperature, geothermal gradients, thermal conductivities and heat flow data, major faults, surface geology, crustal basement, electrification grid system and population density across East Africa. This data is stored in the World Geodetic System (WGS) 1984 Geographic Projection System.

Dataset content dates 1st April 2019 – 14th February 2020
Dataset spatial coverage East Africa (Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia)
Dataset supply format Shapefile
Raster (.tif)
Dataset language English-United Kingdom
Dataset discovery metadata record Discovery Link to the dataset's BGS Discovery Metadata record
Dataset publisher British Geological Survey
Dataset publication date 20th February 2020
Dataset digital object identifier(DOI) 10.5285/e1bc2841-81c2-4b6e-ae5b-301f3bf82b68
Dataset citation text Jones, D.J.R. (2020): East African Rift Temperature and Heat flow model (EARTH). British Geological Survey. (Model). https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/e1bc2841-81c2-4b6e-ae5b-301f3bf82b68
Constraints and terms of use This data set is available under Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying any reproduced materials: "Contains data supplied by permission of the Natural Environment Research Council [YEAR]".
Access the dataset https://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item132705
Further information

JONES, D. J. R. 2020.
A summary of the East Africa Rift Temperature and Heat flow Model (EARTH). British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/20/006. 4pp