The potential for basin-centered geothermal resources in the Great Basin

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 35 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 683-688

  Allis, Rick ^a   Moore, Joe ^b   Blackett, Bob ^a   Gwynn, Mark ^a   Kirby, Stefan ^a   Sprinkel, Douglas ^a  

^a UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Geothermal resources; Great Basin; Permeability; Sedimentary; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COLORADO RIVER; CRITICAL ISSUES; DEEP WELLS; DEPTH RANGE; DRILLING TECHNOLOGY; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL POTENTIAL; GEOTHERMAL POWER PRODUCTION; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; GREAT BASIN; HIGH PERMEABILITY; NEAR-SURFACE; OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION; OIL EXPLORATION; PALEOZOIC; POWER PRICE; POWER PRODUCTION; REGIONAL SCALE; SEDIMENTARY; SHALLOW WELLS; UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT;

CARBONATES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GROUNDWATER; HEAT TRANSFER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER WELLS;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

EID: 84860867617     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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