The Humboldt House-Rye Patch Geothermal District: An interim view

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 27, Issue , 2003, Pages 33-36

  Waibeil, Al ^a   Blackwell, David ^b   Ellis, Richard ^c  

^a Columbia Geoscience ^*  (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRESCO Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and Range; Humboldt House Rye Patch; Nevada

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL DISTRICT; HIGH TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; HUMBOLDT HOUSE AREA; SURFACE GEOTHERMAL FEATURES;

DEPOSITS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GEOTHERMAL WELLS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL PLUMES; TOPOLOGY;

GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 4143134192     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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