GIS model for geothermal resource exploration in Akita and Iwate prefectures, northern Japan

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1008-1021

  Noorollahi, Younes ^a   Itoi, Ryuichi ^a   Fujii, Hikari ^a   Tanaka, Toshiaki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Geoprocessing; Geothermal; GIS; Heat flow; Temperature gradient

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HEAT TRANSFER; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMAL GRADIENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GEOPROCESSING; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE EXPLORATION; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HEAT TRANSFER; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMAL GRADIENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CALDERA; CRATER; EXPLOITATION; FAULT; FUMAROLE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GIS; HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL SPRING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

AKITA; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 34250654499     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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