Temperature-at-depth maps for the conterminous U. S. and geothermal resource estimates

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 35 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1545-1550

  Blackwell, David ^a   Richards, M ^a   Frone, Z ^a   Batir, J ^a   Ruzo, A ^a   Dingwall, R ^a   Williams, M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BHT data; EGS; EGS protocol; Heat flow; Temperature; Well logs

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; BHT DATA; BOTTOM HOLE TEMPERATURES; EGS; FLOW CALCULATIONS; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; KEY INPUT; NUMBER OF DATUM; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; RESOURCE POTENTIALS; TEMPERATURE MODELS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MODEL; THIRD GENERATION; WELL LOGS;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HEAT TRANSFER; RATING; TEMPERATURE; WELL LOGGING;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84860846370     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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