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A knowledge of temperatures within the earth is essential for the proper understanding of many geologic, mineral-petrographic and geophysical properties and processes. For example, temperatures govern the onset of melting, fix equilibrium conditions of certain mineral paragenesis and anomalous temperatures define heat flow anomalies.
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Buntebarth, G. (1984). Methods for Determining Temperature. In: Geothermics. Universitext. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69323-6_6
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