Geologic characterization of pre-tertiary rocks at the desert peak east EGS project site, Churchill County, Nevada

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 27, Issue , 2003, Pages 865-870

  Lutz, Susan Juch ^a   Schriener Jr , Alexander ^b   Schochet, Daniel ^c   Robertson Tait, Ann ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Earthrock Consulting   (Bermuda)

^c ORMAT Nevada Inc   (United States)

^d GeothermEX Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and Range; Churchill County; Desert Peak; EGS; Enhanced Geothermal Systems; Hot Springs Mountains; Hydrothermal alteration; Nevada; Pre tertiary; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DIORITIC ROCKS; ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS (EGS); HOT SPRINGS MOUNTAINS; PRE-TERTIARY ROCKS;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ROCKS;

EID: 4143066746     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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