Current status of seismic and borehole measurements for HDR/HWR development

Geothermics

Volumn 28, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 475-490

  Niitsuma, Hiroaki ^a   Fehler, Michael ^b   Jones, Robert ^c   Wilson, Stephen ^c   Albright, James ^b   Green, Andrew ^c   Baria, Roy ^d   Hayashi, Kazuo ^a   Kaieda, Hideshi ^e   Tezuka, Kazuhiko ^f   Jupe, Andy ^c   Wallroth, Thomas ^g   Cornet, François ^h   Asanuma, Hiroshi ^a   Moriya, Hirokazu ^a   Nagano, Koji ⁱ   Phillips, W Scott ^k   Rutledge, James ^k   House, Leigh ^b   Beauce, Alain ^j   Alde, Doug ^b   Aster, Richard ^l   more..

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Camborne School of Mines Assoc Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Socomine   (France)

^e CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^f JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO LTD   (Japan)

^g CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^h INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

ⁱ MURORAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^j Bur Rech Geologiques et Minieres   (France)

^k Nambe Geophysical Inc   (United States)

^l NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

HDR HWR; Hot dry rock; Induced seismicity; Logging; Microearthquakes; Seismology

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; FRACTURE; GEOTHERMAL LOGGING; HOT DRY ROCK SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOMOGRAPHY;

BOREHOLE MEASUREMENT; HOT WET ROCK; MICROEARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC MEASUREMENT; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TELEVIEWER LOGS; TEMPERATURE LOGGING;

GEOTHERMAL WELLS;

HOT DRY ROCK; SEISMOMETRY;

EID: 0033407151     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6505(99)00024-3     Document Type: Article

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