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Accounting for palaeoclimate and topography: a rigorous approach to correction of the British geothermal dataset

This is the first systematic investigation for many years into palaeo-climate and topographic corrections to British heat flow data. Palaeo-climate corrections (using biological proxy and climate-simulation data) are particularly important for Britain given the large temperature fluctuations arising from its location alongside the Gulf Stream. Extrapolation of uncorrected data underestimates temperatures at greater depths and, thus, the geothermal resource. This point was discussed at a Glasgow Workshop in October 2012 and gained prompt acceptance within the national community (e.g., www.bgs.ac.uk/research/energy/geothermal/britGeothermal.html), resulting in an invitation to speak at the European Geosciences Union meeting (Vienna 2013, http://www.egu2013.eu/home.html).