Renewability of geothermal resources

Geothermics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 314-320

  O'Sullivan, Michael ^a   Yeh, Angus ^a   Mannington, Warren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Geothermal Reservoir Engineer   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Geothermal; Modeling; New Zealand; Renewability; Sustainability; Wairakei

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL; MODELING; NEW ZEALAND; RENEWABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY; WAIRAKEI;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

ENERGY RESOURCE; EXPLOITATION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT FLOW; MODELING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAUHARA GEOTHERMAL FIELD; WAIKATO; WAIRAKEI GEOTHERMAL FIELD;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 78649630931     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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