Lithospheric tidal effects from observations in deep wells (Q1890139)

Vorotilovo deep well (VDW), drilled in a central part of Russian platform with the 5374 m of the depth, is considered as a geolaboratory. Monitoring of heat field variations in VDW was conducted regularly since 1993 to obtain the most reliable information on the temporal variations of the heat field. As a result of geophysical fields monitoring, the complex nature of spatio-temporal variations that depends on various natural factors was determined. The main conclusion of the paper is the dependence of temperature of the Earth's lithosphere on tidal variations. It is also found that the main dissipation of tidal energy in the Earth's upper core takes place in the depth interval 1,800--2,000 m.