Three-dimensional miarolitic cavity distribution in the Kakkonda granite from borehole WD-1a using X-ray computerized tomography

Engineering Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Ohtani, Tomoyuki ^a   Nakashima, Yoshito ^a   Muraoka, Hirofumi ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granite; Kakkonda geothermal field; Miarolitic cavity; X ray computerized tomography

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; GRANITE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; WELL DRILLING;

GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS; MIAROLITIC CAVITIES; PERMEABLE ZONES;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

CAVITY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GRANITE; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY;

JAPAN;

EID: 0034175694     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(99)00129-5     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Bonner B.P., Roberts J.J., Schneberk D.J. Determining water content and distribution in reservoir graywacke from the northeast Geysers with X-ray computed tomography. Geotherm. Resource Council Trans. 18:1994;305-310.
2. Chen M.R., Hinkley R.E., Killough J.E. Computed tomography imaging of air sparging in porous media. Water Resource Res. 32:1996;3013-3024.
3. Doi N., Kato O., Sakagawa Y., Akaku K., Uchida T. Characterization of fracture and rock property of the Kakkonda granite by FMI and other loggings J. Geotherm. Res. Soc. Jpn. 20:1998;34. (in Japanese).
4. Hounsfield G.N. Computerized transverse axial scanning (tomography) 1. Description of system. Br. J. Radiol. 46:1973;1016-1022.
5. Ikeuchi K., Komatsu R., Doi N., Sakagawa Y., Sasaki M., Kamenosono H., Uchida T. Bottom of hydrothermal convection found by temperature measurements above 500°C and fluid inclusion study of WD-1 in Kakkonda geothermal field, Japan. Geotherm. Resource Council Trans. 20:1996;609-616.
6. Kanisawa S., Doi N., Kato O., Ishikawa K. Quaternary Kakkonda granite underlying the Kakkonda geothermal field, northeast Japan J. Miner. Petrol. Econ. Geol. 89:1994;390-407. (in Japanese with English abstract).
7. Kato O., Doi N. Neo-granitic pluton and late hydrothermal alteration at the Kakkonda geothermal field, Japan. Proc. 15th NZ Geothermal Workshop. 1993;155-161.
8. Kato O., Sato K. Development of deep-seated geothermal reservoir bringing the Quaternary granite into focus in the Kakkonda geothermal field, northeast Japan Resource Geol. 45:1995;131-144. (in Japanese with English abstract).
9. Kato O., Doi N., Ikeuchi K., Kondo T., Kamenosono H., Yagi M., Uchida T. Characteristics of temperature curves and fracture systems in Quaternary granite and Tertiary pyroclastic rocks of NEDO WD-1a in the Kakkonda geothermal field, Japan. Proc. 8th Int. Symp. on the Observation of the Continental Crust Through Drilling. 1996;241-246.
10. Ledley R.S., Chiro G.D., Luessenhop A.J., Twigg H.L. Computerized transaxial X-ray tomography of the human body. Science. 186:1974;207-212.
11. Muraoka H. Scope of the future geothermal resources from the viewpoint of magma Chinetsu. J. Jpn. Geotherm. Energy Assoc. 30:1993;100-126. (in Japanese).
12. Muraoka H. Petrochemical profiling of the aureole of the Kakkonda granite using cuttings samples along the well WD-1a, northeast Japan. Geotherm. Resource Council Trans. 21:1997;309-316.
13. Nakashima Y., Hirai H., Koishikawa A., Ohtani T. Three-dimensional imaging of arrays of fluid inclusions in fluorite by high-resolution X-ray CT. N. Jb. Miner. Mh. 1997:(12):1997;559-568.
14. NEDO, 1996a. FY 1994 Report of the Deep-Seated Geothermal Resources Survey Project (in Japanese with English abstract).
15. NEDO, 1996b. FY 1995 Report of the Deep-Seated Geothermal Resources Survey Project (in Japanese with English abstract).
16. Pyrak-Nolte L.J., Montemagno C.D., Nolte D.D. Volumetric imaging of aperture distributions in connected fracture networks. Geophys. Res. Lett. 24:1997;2343-2346.
17. Sakuyama M., Kushiro I. Vesiculation of hydrous andesitic melt and transport of alkalies by separated vapor phase. Contrib. Miner. Petrol. 71:1979;61-66.
18. Tamanyu S. Magma reservoirs from the viewpoint of geothermal modeling, examples from the Hohi, Sengan and Kurikoma geothermal areas in Japan Mem. Geol. Soc. Jpn. 43:1994;141-155. (in Japanese with English abstract).
19. Tivey M.K., Singh S. Nondestructive imaging of fragile sea-floor vent deposit samples. Geology. 25:1997;931-934.
20. Verhelst F., Vervoort A., De Bosscher Ph., Marchal G. X-ray computerized tomography: determination of heterogeneities in rock samples. Proc. 8th Int. Congress of Rock Mechanics. Vol. 1:1995;105-108 ISRM/Balkema.
21. Watanabe Y., Nakashima Y., Ohtani T. 3D-image processing program for the calculation of the volume histogram of cavities in rock samples. J. Geotherm. Res. Soc. Jpn. 21:1999;181-188.