Refined Conceptual Modeling and a New Resource Estimate for the Salton Sea Geothermal Field, Imperial Valley, California

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 29-36

  Hulen, Jeffrey ^a   Kaspereit, Dennis ^b   Norton, Denis L ^c   Osborn, William ^b   Pulka, Fred S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b CalEnergy Operating Corporation   (United States)

^c Geologist/Geochemist   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL WELLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; ROCKS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EXPANSION; VOLCANOES;

MAGMA;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

EID: 0242662432     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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