QrtzGeotherm: A computer program for the quartz solubility geothermometer in moderately saline brines up to 370°C

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 27, Issue , 2003, Pages 341-345

  Verma, Mahendra P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ELÉCTRICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cerro Prieto; Computer program; Quartz geothermometry; Solubility regression equations; Visual Basic 6.0

Indexed keywords

BRINES; COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA ACQUISITION; ENTHALPY; LINEAR EQUATIONS; QUARTZ; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE SCALES; THERMOMETERS;

CERRO PRIETO; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; QUARTZ THERMOMETRY; SOLUBILITY REGRESSION EQUATIONS; VISUAL BASIC 6.0;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 4143124310     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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