Pre- and post-development influences on fieldwide Geysers NCG concentrations

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 31, Issue , 2007, Pages 427-434

  Beall, Joseph J ^a   Wright, Melinda C ^a   Hulen, Jeffrey B ^b  

^a Calpine Corporation   (United States)

^b Geothermal Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Geology; Injection; Noncondensible gas; The Geysers

Indexed keywords

ENTRY POINT; HEAT FLOWS; HIGH TEMPERATURE (HT); INJECTION; INJECTION RATES; JURASSIC; MASSIVE INJECTION; NONCONDENSIBLE GAS; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; THE GEYSERS;

EARTH SCIENCES; FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEYSERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINERALS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PUMPS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STEAM; SULFUR; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; VAPORS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

WATER INJECTION;

EID: 58449101871     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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