Outstanding issues for new geothermal resource assessments

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 29, Issue , 2005, Pages 315-320

  Williams, Colin F ^a   Reed, Marshall J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric power; Fractures; Geothermal; Ground water; Heat flow; Magmatism; Permeability; Reservoir; Resource assessment; Stress; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER; FRACTURES; GEOTHERMAL; HEAT FLOW; MAGMATISM; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; STRESS;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS; GROUNDWATER; HEAT TRANSFER; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TECTONICS;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 33745195678     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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