Table 1. Constants used in the thermal modeling.
Term | Symbol | Value | Units | Note |
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Thermal conductivity | K | 2.1 | W m−1 K−1 | Hevey and Sanders (2006) |
Specific heat capacity | Cp | 837 | J kg−1 K−1 | Hevey and Sanders (2006) |
Density of OC source rock | ρOC | 3800 | kg m−3 | Lodders and Fegley (1998) |
Density of CV source rock | ρCV | 3420 | kg m−3 | Lodders and Fegley (1998) |
Mass fraction of Al in OC source rock | 0.0113 | − | Hutchison (2004) | |
Mass fraction of Al in CV source rock | 0.0175 | − | Hutchison (2004) | |
Thermal diffusivity of OC source rock | κOC | 6.6 × 10−7 | m2 s−1 | K/[Cp * ρ] |
Thermal diffusivity of CV source rock | κCV | 7.3 × 10−7 | m2 s−1 | |
Ambient disk temperature | T0 | 250–1000 | K | |
26Al decay constant | λ | 9.5 × 10−7 | year−1 | |
26Al decay energy | 3.12 | MeV | Castillo-Rogez et al. (2009) |