IAEA inter-laboratory comparisons of geothermal water chemistry: Critiques on analytical uncertainty, accuracy, and geothermal reservoir modelling of Los Azufres, Mexico;Comparación inter-laboratorios del OIEA para la química del agua geotérmica: Críticas sobre la incertidumbre analítica, la precisión y el modelado del yacimiento geotérmico de Los Azufres, México

Journal of Iberian Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-72

  Verma, M P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ELÉCTRICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Analytical accuracy; DODESSYS; Geothermal waters; Inter laboratory comparison; Statistical data treatment; Uncertainty propagation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALCIUM; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPLOITATION; FRACTIONATION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; LABORATORY METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

LOS AZUFRES; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHOACAN;

EID: 84879493851     PISSN: 16986180     EISSN: 18867995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_JIGE.2013.v39.n1.41748     Document Type: Article

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70. The author highly appreciates Surendra P. Verma for providing the computer program DODESSYS and fruitful discussion on the single-outlier type multiple test method involving Dixon, Grubbs, skewness and kur-tosis tests at 99% confdence level. The paper is infstantially improved with the constructive comments and suggestions of the reviewers, Richard Glover and Guima A. Urbino.