The USGS national geothermal resource assessment: An update

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 31, Issue , 2007, Pages 99-104

  Williams, Colin F ^a   Reed, Marshall J ^a   Galanis Jr , S Peter ^a   DeAngelo, Jacob ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric power; Faults; Fractures; Geothermal; Geothermometers; Ground water; Heat flow; Magmatism; Permeability; Reservoir; Resource assessment; Stress; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER; FAULTS; FRACTURES; GEOTHERMAL; GEOTHERMOMETERS; HEAT FLOW; MAGMATISM; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; STRESS;

CAPILLARITY; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEAT FLUX; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER; LANDFORMS; LIQUIDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PUMPS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SURVEYS; TECTONICS;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

EID: 58649117150     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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