Geothermal resources of California sedimentary basins

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 28, Issue , 2004, Pages 379-383

  Williams, Colin F ^a   Grubb, Frederick V ^a   Galanis Jr , S Peter ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Enhanced geothermal systems; Geothermal resources; Heat flow; Sedimentary basins

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA SEDIMENTARY BASINS; ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS (EGS); GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; HEAT FLOW;

DRILLING; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES; HEAT TRANSFER; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 17644367802     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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