A target-oriented magnetotelluric inversion approach for characterizing the low enthalpy Groß Schönebeck geothermal reservoir

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1199-1215

  Munoz G ^a   Ritter, O ^a   Moeck, I ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical properties; Magnetotelluric

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY MODELS; DATA SETS; DEEP BOREHOLES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ENHANCED CONDUCTIVITY; FORMATION WATER; FRACTURE DENSITY; GEOTHERMAL AREAS; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; GERMANY; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; HOST ROCKS; IN-SITU; KEY PARAMETERS; MAGNETOTELLURIC; MODEL SPACES; PORE FLUIDS; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SEISMIC IMAGE; TEST SITE;

BOREHOLES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; MAGNETOTELLURICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EVAPORITE; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HOST ROCK; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 78449306575     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04795.x     Document Type: Article

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