Chemical monitoring of Icelandic geothermal fields during production

Geothermics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-364

  Kristmannsdóttir, Hrefna ^a   Ármannsson, Halldór ^a  

^a National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Chemical monitoring; Geochemistry; Geothermal fluids; Iceland

Indexed keywords

COOLING; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; FLOW OF WATER; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; LOW TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; MONITORING; PRESSURE DROP; PRODUCTION;

CHEMICAL MONITORING; ICELAND;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; MONITORING; P/T CONDITIONS;

ICELAND;

EID: 0030159264     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0375-6505(96)00004-1     Document Type: Article

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