Evaluation of EGS resources in the Eastern United States: Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Western Ohio and Western Kentucky

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 34 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 266-270

  Batir, Joseph F ^a   Blackwell, David ^a   Richards, Maria ^a   Park, Junghyun ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern United States; Enhanced geothermal; Heat flow

Indexed keywords

BOTTOMHOLE; DATA POINTS; DATA SETS; EASTERN UNITED STATES; ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT; HEAT FLOWS; ILLINOIS; INDIANA; KENTUCKY; LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA; MICHIGAN; OIL AND GAS WELL; ROCK TYPES; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; STRATIGRAPHIC COLUMNS; TEMPERATURE DATA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GEOPHYSICS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; HEAT TRANSFER; LITHOLOGY; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELLS; STRATIGRAPHY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 79955088387     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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