Geothermal activities in the Main Ethiopian Rift: Hydrogeochemical characterization of geothermal waters and geothermometry applications (Dofan-Fantale, Gergede-Sodere, Aluto-Langano)

Geothermics

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-12

  Pürschel, Madlen ^a,b   Gloaguen, Richard ^a   Stadler, Susanne ^c,d  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES ZITTAU GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Geothermal energy; Geothermometry; Groundwater; Subsurface temperatures; Thermal waters

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ZONE; DRILLED WELLS; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIA; GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITY; GEOTHERMAL AREAS; GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL WATER; GEOTHERMOMETERS; GEOTHERMOMETRY; HOT SPRING WATER; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; MAIN ETHIOPIAN RIFT; MIXING MODELS; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES; SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURE; TERNARY DIAGRAMS; THERMAL WATERS; WATER SAMPLING;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HOT SPRINGS; MIXING; SILICA; SODIUM;

ENTHALPY;

ALKALINE WATER; ENTHALPY; GEOTHERMAL POWER; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT PRODUCTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; SILICA; SUBSURFACE FLOW; THERMAL SPRING;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIAN RIFT;

EID: 84873124483     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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