Heat flow in Railroad Valley, Nevada and implications for geothermal resources in the south-central Great Basin

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 30 I, Issue , 2006, Pages 111-116

  Williams, Colin F ^a   Sass, John H ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Geothermal resources; Ground water flow; Heat flow; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROLOGY; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; GROUND-WATER FLOW; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 34548226358     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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