The self-potential method in the geothermal exploration of Greece

Geophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1715-1723

  Apostolopoulos, George ^a   Louis, Ioannis ^b   Lagios, Evangelos ^b  

^a Ministry of Development   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES; SPONTANEOUS POTENTIAL LOGGING; TECTONICS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; MAGNETOTELLURICS;

SELF POTENTIAL ANOMALIES; VERY LOW FREQUENCY ANOMALIES;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

ELECTRICAL METHOD; EXPLORATION; FLUID FLOW; GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT FLOW; SELF POTENTIAL ANOMALY; SELF POTENTIAL METHOD;

GREECE;

ELECTRODE POLARIZATIONS; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; SELF-POTENTIAL ANOMALIES; SELF-POTENTIAL METHOD; TECTONIC FEATURES; VERY LOW FREQUENCY;

EID: 0031278180     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444271     Document Type: Review

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