Deep geothermal groundwater flow in the Seferihisar-Balçova area, Turkey: Results from transient numerical simulations of coupled fluid flow and heat transport processes

Geofluids

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 388-405

  Magri, F ^a   Akar, T ^b   Gemici, U ^b   Pekdeger, A ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Convection; Fault; Hydrothermal system; Numerical modelling; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CAP ROCK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLOW MODELING; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMAL CONVECTION;

BALCOVA; IZMIR [TURKEY]; SEFERIHISAR; TURKEY;

EID: 77955766032     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2009.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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