Correlating azimuthal anisotropy to geothermal resource potential using a 3D-3C seismic survey of Soda Lake geothermal field, Nevada

SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 341-346

  Kent, Tyler ^a   Louie, John ^a   Echols, Reno Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Magma Energy (US) Corp   (United States)

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EID: 84942122004     PISSN: 10523812     EISSN: 19494645     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1190/segam2013-1398.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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