Stratigraphic reservoirs in the Great Basin - The bridge to development of enhanced geothermal systems in the U.S.

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 36 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 351-357

  Allis, Rick ^a   Blackett, Bob ^a   Gwynn, Mark ^a   Hardwick, Christian ^a   Moore, Joe ^b   Morgan, Craig ^a   Schelling, Dan ^c   Sprinkel, Douglas A ^a  

^a UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Structural Geology International   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and Range; Enhanced geothermal systems; Geothermal resources; Great Basin; Stratigraphic reservoirs; Stratigraphy; Structure

Indexed keywords

BASIN AND RANGE; ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; GREAT BASIN; STRATIGRAPHIC RESERVOIRS;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 84876252921     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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