Effects of changes in reservoir thermodynamic conditions on 222Rn composition of discharged fluids: Study for two wells at Los Azufres geothermal field (Mexico)

Geofluids

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 252-262

  Barragán Reyes, Rosa María ^a   Arellano, V M ^a   Portugal, E ^a   Segovia, N ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ELÉCTRICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

222Rn; Geothermal reservoir fluids; Liquid steam mixtures; Seismicity; Wellbottom in thermodynamic conditions

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FLUID COMPOSITION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; RADON; THERMODYNAMICS;

LOS AZUFRES; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHOACAN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 57049141600     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2008.00229.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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