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the hypothesis that hydrothermal circulation
must be severely curtailed during periods of
glaciation because of a limited ground water
recharge. He suggests that the rock/water heat
transfer processes supplying the low-temperature
thermal activity in Iceland today are not a steady
state phenomenon, but of a transient nature,
dating back to the end of the last glaciation about
10,000 years ago. His calculations for various
transient heat transfer models lead to a recharge
area which is an order of magnitude smaller than
the above value.
ACKN OWLEDGEMENTS
This work was financed by the Geothermal
Division of the National Energy Authority. We
wish to express our thanks to Kristján
Saemundsson and Ólafur G. Flóvenz for reading
and improving an early version ofthe manuscript.
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