Exploring the Groß Schönebeck (Germany) geothermal site using a statistical joint interpretation of magnetotelluric and seismic tomography models

Geothermics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-45

  Muñoz, Gerard ^a   Bauer, Klaus ^a   Moeck, Inga ^a   Schulze, Albrecht ^a   Ritter, Oliver ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exploration; Geothermal; Germany; Gro Sch nebeck; Joint interpretation; Magnetotellurics; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITES; FLUID CONTENT; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; GEOTHERMAL SITES; GERMANY; HIGH VELOCITY; JOINT INTERPRETATION; JOINT PARAMETERS; MAGNETOTELLURICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SPATIAL DOMAINS; STATISTICAL APPROACH; SUBSURFACE DISTRIBUTION; THINNER LAYERS; TWO PARAMETER; VELOCITY MODEL;

CAPILLARITY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; SEISMOGRAPHS; TELLURIC PROSPECTING; TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EVAPORITE; EXPLORATION; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GERMANY;

EID: 77949263585     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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