The potential for convection and implications for geothermal energy in the Perth Basin, Western Australia;Le potentiel de convection et ses implications pour l'énergie géothermique dans le bassin de Perth, Australie occidentale

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1251-1268

  Sheldon, Heather A ^a,b   Florio, Brendan ^a,c   Trefry, Michael G ^a,b,c   Reid, Lynn B ^a,b,c,d   Ricard, Ludovic P ^a,b   Ghori, K Ameed R ^e  

^a Western Australian Geothermal Centre of Excellence   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Now at NTEC Environmental Technology   (Australia)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Convection; Geothermal; Numerical modelling; Thermal conditions

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; AQUIFER; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXPLOITATION; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; GEOTHERMAL POWER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; THERMAL CONVECTION;

AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YARRAGADEE AQUIFER;

EID: 84867765624     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-012-0886-7     Document Type: Article

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