Two dimensional subsidence modelling at Wairakei-Tauhara, New Zealand

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 27, Issue , 2003, Pages 761-764

  Lawless, Jim ^a   Okada, Wataru ^a   Terzaghi, Sergei ^a   Ussher, Greg ^c   White, Phil ^a   Gilbert, Chris ^b  

^a Sinclair Knight Merz Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b Taupo District Council   (New Zealand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Subsidence modelling; Tauhara; Wairakei

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FLUID EXTRACTION; SUBSIDENCE MODELING; TAUHARA; WAIRAKEI;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

EID: 4143118799     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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