Carbonate tufa columns as exploration guides for geothermal systems in the Great Basin

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 33, Issue , 2009, Pages 409-414

  Coolbaugh, Mark ^a   Lechler, Paul ^a   Sladek, Chris ^a   Kratt, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exploration; Geochemical; Geothermal; Nevada; Pyramid; Travertine; Tufa

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; CO-PRECIPITATED; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; EXPLORATION GUIDE; GEOTHEMAL SYSTEMS; GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; GEOTHERMAL WATER; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GREAT BASIN; GROUND WATER TABLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROSCOPIES; LAKE WATERS; NONTHERMAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES; SPRING WATER; SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TERMINAL LAKES; THERMAL SPRINGS; TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATION; DEPOSITS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HOT SPRINGS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; LIMESTONE; MASS SPECTROMETERS; OXYGEN; SILICA; SULFATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS;

EID: 77952602760     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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