Preliminary geothermal resource assessment for the Raton Basin, Colorado

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 36 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1327-1333

  Bohlen, Karoline ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Geothermal; Power capacity; Raton Basin; Resource assessment; Sedimentary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876215044     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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