Magnetotelluric resistivity modeling for 3D characterization of geothermal reservoirs in the Western side of Mt. Aso, SW Japan

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 58, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 296-312

  Asaue, Hisafumi ^a   Koike, Katsuaki ^a   Yoshinaga, Toru ^a   Takakura, Shinichi ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D characterization; Geothermal reservoir; MT survey; Mt. Aso, SW Japan; Resistivity

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; GRAPHIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TENSORS;

GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS; MAGNETOTELLURIC (MT) SURVEY; MAGNETOTELLURIC RESISTIVITY MODELING;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; RESERVOIR; SURVEY;

ASIA; ASO VOLCANO; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KUMAMOTO; KYUSHU;

EID: 33645857680     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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