Seismic and well log characterization of fractures for geothermal exploration in hard rocks

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 270-283

  Aleardi, Mattia ^a   Mazzotti, Alfredo ^a   Tognarelli, Andrea ^a   Ciuffi, Simonetta ^b   Casini, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b ENEL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Controlled source seismology; Fractures and faultscover date; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOREHOLES; CRACKS; GEOTHERMAL LOGGING; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AMPLITUDE VARIATIONS; ANISOTROPIC FEATURES; CONTROLLED-SOURCE SEISMOLOGIES; GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION; METAMORPHIC BASEMENTS; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM;

FRACTURE;

EXPLORATION; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; FRACTURE ZONE; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HARD ROCK; P-WAVE; PALEOZOIC; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WELL LOGGING;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 84942104898     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggv286     Document Type: Article

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