Dr. Jacek Majorowicz- Northern Geothermal

Publication list (Since 1990)

Majorowicz, J, Skinner, W., Safanda, J, 2012 Canadian Sedimentary Basin temperature--depth transients from repeated well logs---evidence of recent decade sub-surface heat gain due to climatic warming, J. Geophys. Eng. 9 (2012) 127-137

J. Puziewicz , J., Czechowski, L, Krysinski, L., Majorowicz, J., Matusiak-Małek, M., Wroblewska, M., 2012, Lithosphere thermal structure at the eastern margin of the Bohemian Massif: a case petrological and geophysical study of the Niedz´wiedz´ amphibolite massif (SW Poland), Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) Volume 101, Issue 5 (2012), Page 1211-1228 (online first version in 2011 :DOI 10.1007/s00531-011-0714-7)

Majorowicz, J and Wybraniec, S, 2010, New terrestrial heat flow map of Europe after regional paleoclimatic correction application, Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch)
DOI 10.1007/s00531-010-0526-1

Majorowicz, J, 2010, The Climate of Europe in Recent Centuries in the Context of the Climate of Mid to High Latitude Northern Hemisphere from Borehole Temperature Logs. In: Przybylak, R.; Majorowicz, J.; Brázdil, R.; Kejan, M. (Eds.) The Polish Climate in the European Context: An Historical Overview Przybylak, R.; Majorowicz, J.; Brázdil, R.; Kejan, M. (Eds.) 2010, XVIII, 535 p., Hardcover
Springer Verlag ISBN: 978-90-481-3166-2

Majorowicz, J A, Grasby, S, Skinner, W, 2009, Estimation of shallow geothermal energy resource in Canada – Heat gain and heat sink, Natural Resources Research , Springer, DOI: 10.1007/s11053-009-9090-4 (ESS Cont.# 20080659)

Majorowicz, J. and. Moore, M. C., 2008, Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Potential in the Alberta Basin. ISEEE Research Paper, University of Calgary
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~wenet/Geothermal%20Report/ISEEE%20Research%20Report_Moore-geothermal.pdf

Majorowicz, J A, Osadetz, K, Safanda, J, 2008, Modeling temperature profiles considering the latent heat of physical-chemical reactions in permafrost and gas hydrates: the Mackenzie Delta terrestrial case; in, Ninth international conference on permafrost, proceedings volume 2; Kane, D L; Hinkel, K M. , 2008; pages 1113-1118(ESS Cont.# 20070524)

Majorowicz, J A, Osadetz, K G, Safanda, J, 2008, Onset and stability of gas hydrates under permafrost in an environment of surface climatic change - past and future; in, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008); . , 2008; 14 p. (ESS Cont.# 20080245)

Majorowicz, J.A. and Osadetz,K., 2008, Cordilleran Intermontane thermotectonic history and implications for neotectonic structure and petroleum systems, British Columbia, Canada. International J. Earth Sci. (Geologische Rundshau), Volume 97, Number 2 / April, 2008, 1437-3254 (Print) 1437-3262 (Online)

Majorowicz,J.A., Šafanda, J., and Torun-1 Working Group, 2008, Heat flow variation with depth in Poland: evidence from equilibrium temperature logs in 2.9-km-deep well Torun-1. . International J. Earth Sci. (Geologische Rundshau), Volume 97, Number 2 / April, 2008, 1437-3254 (Print) 1437-3262 (Online)

Majorowicz JA, Skinner WR, Safanda J, Gosnold W 2006 Differences between repeated borehole temperature logs in the southern Canadian Prairies – validating borehole climatology. Climate of the Past Discussion 2 1075-1104

Majorowicz, J.A., Grasby, S.E. Ferguson, G., Safanda, J., and Skinner, W., 2006, Climate of the Past: Paleoclimatic reconstructions in western Canada from borehole temperature logs: surface air temperature forcing and groundwater flow: Climate of the Past, v. 2, p.1-10.

Majorowicz, J A, Jessop, A M, Lane, L S, 2005, Regional heat flow pattern and lithospheric geotherms in northeastern British Columbia and adjacent Northwest Territories, Canada, Bull. Can. Petr. Geol., 53, No. 1, p. 51-66

Majorowicz, J.A., and Safanda, J, 2005, Measured versus simulated transients of temperature logs-a test of borehole climatology, Special Issue on New and Classical Applications of Heat Flow Studies, C. Clauser, Editor, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, 2, 4, p. 291-299, Institute of Physics Publishing

Safanda J, Szewczyk J, Majorowicz J, 2004, Geothermal evidence of very low glacial temperatures on a rim of the Fennoscandian ice sheet, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 31.L07211, doi:10.1029/2004GL019547.2004

Majorowicz, J.A., W.R. Skinner, J. Safanda, 2004, Large ground warming in the Canadian Arctic inferred from inversions of temperature logs, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 7042, p. 1-11

Majorowicz, J.A., Jan Safanda, and Walter R. Skinner,2004, Past Surface Temperature Changes as Derived from Continental Temperature Logs-Canadian and Some Global Examples of Application of the New Tool in Climate Change Studies, Advances in Geophysics, Ed. R. Dmowska, v. 47, p. 114-169.

Majorowicz, J A., Safanda, J, Przyblak, R, Wojcik, G, 2004, Ground Surface Temperature History in Poland in the 16th-20th Centuries Derived from the Inversion of Geothermal Profiles, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 161, p. 351-363

Majorowicz, J.A., 2004, Thermal lithosphere across the Trans-European Suture Zone in Poland, Geological Quarterly 48, p. 1-14

Majorowicz, J A, Cermak, V, Safanda, J, Krzywiec, P, Wroblewska, M, Guterch, A,.
Grad,M, 2003, Heat flow models across the Trans-European Suture Zone in the area of the POLONAISE '97 seismic experiment, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 28, p. 375-391

Majorowicz, J A, Osadetz K G, 2003, Natural Gas Hydrate Stability in the East Coast Offshore-Canada, Nat. Res. Res., Vol. 12, No. 2, p. 93-104.

Majorowicz, J A., Safanda, j, and Skinner, W R, 2002, East To West Retardation In The Onset Of The Recent Warming Across Canada Inferred From Inversions Of Temperature Logs, Journal of Geophysical Research (V. 107, B10)

Majorowicz, J A, Hannigan,P K, and Osadetz, K G, 2001, Study of the Natural Gas Hydrate "Trap Zone" and the Methane Hydrate Potential in the Sverdrup Basin, Canada, Natural Resources Research, Vol. 11, No.2 June 2002

Majorowicz, J A, and Osadetz, K G, 2001, Gas Hydrate Distribution and Volume in Canada, AAPG Bulletin, v. 85, no. 7, p. 1211-1230; DOI: 0.1306/8626CA9B-173B-11D7-8645000102C1865D

Majorowicz, J A. and Skinner,W R, 2001, Reconstruction of the surface warming history of western interior Canada from borehole temperature profiles and othe climate information, Climate Research, Vol 16: 157-167, 2001

​​Majorowicz, J.A. and K.G. Osadetz, 2001, Gas Hydrate Volume and Distribution in Canada, AAPG Bulletin, v. 85, p. 1211-1230.

​​Majorowicz, J.A. and Safanda, J, 2001, Composite Surface Temperature History from Simultaneous Inversionn of Borehole Temperatures in Western Canadian Plains, in: Inference of Climate Change from Geothermal Data, H. Beltrami and R.N. Harris (Editors), Global and Planet. Change, v. 29, p. 231-239.

​​ Majorowicz, J.A. and Hannigan,P, 2000, Stability zone of Natural Gas Hydrates in a Permafrost-Bearing Region of the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin: Study of a Feasible Eergy Source, Natural Resources Res., v. 9, p. 3-25.

​​Majorowicz, J.A. and Hannigan,P, 2000, Natural Gas Hydrates in the Offshore Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin - Study of a Feasible Energy Source II, Natural Resources Res., v.9, 201-214.

​ Majorowicz, J.A. and Smith, S, 1999, Review of Ground Temperatures in Mallik field area: A Constraint to the Methane Hydrate Stability, In: Scientific Results from JAPEX/JNOC/GSC Mallik 2L-38 Gas Hydrate Research Well, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada, S.R. Dallimore, T.Uchida, and T.S. Collett, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 544, p. 45-56.

Skinner W. R. and Majorowicz,J A, 1999, Regional Climatic Warming and Associated Twentieth Century Land Cover Changes in North-Western North America, Climate Research, v.12, p. 39-52.

​​Majorowicz J.A., Safanda J., Harris R.N., Skinner W.R., 1999, Large Ground Surface Temperature of the Last Three Centuries Inferred from Borehole Temperatures in the Southern Canadian Prairies, Saskatchewan, Global and Planet. Change, v.20, p. 227-241.

​​Majorowicz J A., Garven, G,. Jessop,A S, and Jessop,C, 1999, Present Heat Flow Across the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: The Extent of Hydrodynamic Influence, in: Geothermics in Basin Analysis, Foerster, A., and Merriam, D.F., (Edtors), p.61-80, Kluver Academic, Plenum Publishers, New York.

​​Majorowicz J.A., 1998, A Constraint to the Methane Gas Hydrate Stability from the Analysis of Thermal Data in the Northern Canadian Sedimentary Basins - Arctic Archipelago Case, Proceedings of the VIIth International Conference on Permafrost in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, Nordicana, University Laval, p. 703-709

​Majorowicz, J A. and Safanda, J, 1998, Ground Surface Temperature History from Inversions of Underground Temperatures - a Case Study of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, Tectonophysics, v.291, p. 287-298.

​​Majorowicz, J A. and Embry, A, 1998, Present Heat Flow and Paleo Geothermal Regime in the Canadian Arctic margin - Analysis of Industrial Thermal Data and Coalification Gradients, in: Heat Flow and the Structure of the Lithosphere, V. Cermak,(Editor), Tectonophysics, v.291, p.141-159.

​​Majorowicz J A. and Skinner, W R, 1997a, Anomalous Ground Warming VS Surface Air Warming in the Canadian Prarie Provinces, Climatic Change, v.35, p. 485-500.

​​Majorowicz, J A. and Skinner,W R, 1997b, Potential Causes of Differences between Ground and Surface Air Temperature Warming across Different Ecozones in Alberta, Canada, Global and Planetary Change, v.15, issue 3-4, p. 79-91

​​ Majorowicz J A., 1996, Accelerating Ground Warming in the Canadian Prarie Provinces: Is it a Result of Global Warming? Pageoph, v. 147, No. 1,p. 1-24.

​​Majorowicz J.A., 1996, Anomalous Heat Flow Regime in the Western Margin of the North American Craton, Canada, J.Geodynamics, v.21, p. 123-140.

​​Majorowicz J A., Jessop, A M, and Judge,A S, 1996, Geothermal Regime, in: Geological Atlas of the Beufort-Mackenzie Area, Edited by J. Dixon,Geological Survey of Canada, Report 59, p. 33-37, Natural Resources, Canada.

Judge A., Smith S,, and Majorowicz,J A, 1994, The Current Distribution and Thermal Stability of Natural Gas Hydrates in the Canadian Polar Regions, Proceedings of the Fourth, International Offshore and Polar Engineering Confrence, Osaka, Japan, April 10-15,1994, p. 307-314.

Jessop, A M. and Majorowicz, J A, 1994, Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Sedimentary Basins, in: Geofluids: Origin, Migration and Evolution of Fluids in Sedimentary Basins, Geological Society Special Publication No.78, p. 43-54.

​Majorowicz J A., and Gough, D I, 1994, A Model of Crustal Conductive Structure in the Canadian Cordillera, Geophys. J. Int. (formerly R.A.S. Geoph. J.) , v.117, p. 301-312.
Majorowicz J A., 1993, Climate Change Inferred from Analysis of Borehole Temperatures: First Results from Alberta Basin, Canada, PAGEOPH, v. 140, p. 655-666.

​​Majorowicz, J A., Gough, D I, and Lewis,T J, 1993, Electrical Conductivity and Temperature in the Canadian Cordilleran Crust, E.P.S.L., v.115, p. 57-64.

​​Majorowicz J A. and Jessop, A M, 1993, Relation between Basement Heat Flow and Thermal State of the Sedimentary Succession of the Alberta Plains, Bull. Can. Petr. Geol. Bull. v.41, p. 358-368.

Judge, A S. and Majorowicz, J A, 1992, Geothermal Conditions for Gas Hydrate Stability in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Area: The Global Change Aspect, Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology (Global and Planetary Change), v.98, p. 251-263.

Gough D. I, Majorowicz, J A, 1992, Magnetotelluric Soundings, Structure and Fluids in the Canadian Cordillera, Can. J. Earth Sci. v.29, p. 609-620.





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