Isotope and geochemical study for geothermal assessment of the Xining basin of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Geothermics

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-55

  Tan, Hongbing ^a   Zhang, Wenjie ^a   Chen, Jiansheng ^a   Jiang, Sanyuan ^a   Kong, Na ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geothermal resources; Groundwater circulation; Isotope; Xining Basin

Indexed keywords

CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; FAULT FRICTION; FAULT ZONE; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; GEOTHERMAL TEMPERATURE; GROUNDWATER CIRCULATION; GROUNDWATER RUNOFF; HEAT PRESERVATION; HEAT SOURCES; HEAT-FLOW; HELIUM ISOTOPES; HYDROCHEMICALS; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGMATIC FLUIDS; RADIOGENIC HEAT; RESIDENCE TIME; TIBETAN PLATEAU; XINING BASIN;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; GROUNDWATER; HELIUM; ISOTOPES; SURFACE WATERS;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

FRICTION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HEAT FLOW; HELIUM ISOTOPE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RECHARGE; RESERVOIR; TECTONIC SETTING; TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; LAJI MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XINING BASIN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84862796751     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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