Use of electrical surveys for geothermal reservoir characterization: Beowawe geothermal field

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 31, Issue , 2007, Pages 341-352

  Garg, Sabodh K ^a   Pritchett, John W ^a   Wannamaker, Philip E ^b   Combs, Jim ^c  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Geo Hills Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and range; Beowawe geothermal field; Dipole dipole DC resistivity; Electrical surveys; Magnetotellurics; Natural state; Numerical simulation; Self potential

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; PUMPS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STRATIGRAPHY; SURVEYS; TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

BASIN AND RANGE; BEOWAWE GEOTHERMAL FIELD; DIPOLE-DIPOLE DC RESISTIVITY; ELECTRICAL SURVEYS; MAGNETOTELLURICS; NATURAL STATE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SELF-POTENTIAL;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 58449105998     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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