EGS potential in the northern midcontinent of North America

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 34 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 323-326

  Gosnold, Will ^a   LeFever, Richard ^a   Mann, Michael ^a   Kienner, Robert ^a   Salehfar, Hossein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

EGS; Heat flow; Hydrodynamics; Radioactive heat production; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS REGIONS; CARBONATITES; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPTH PROFILE; EGS; EXPLORATION WELLS; HEAT FLOWS; HEAT PRODUCTION; MESOZOIC; NEBRASKA; PALEOZOIC ROCKS; RADIOACTIVE HEAT PRODUCTION; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER FLOW; ROCK PROPERTIES; ROCK TYPES; SEDIMENTARY FORMATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; WILLISTON BASIN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; RADIOACTIVITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 79955082316     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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