Geothermal potential evaluation and development prioritization based on geochemistry of geothermal waters from Kangding area, western Sichuan, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Luo, Ji ^a,b   Pang, Zhonghe ^a,b   Kong, Yankong ^a,b   Wang, Yingchun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Geochemistry; Geothermal; Western Sichuan

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; GEOTHERMAL; GEOTHERMAL POWER GENERATION; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL MODEL; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE THERMAL MANIFESTATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; WESTERN SICHUAN;

GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS;

DISSOLVED LOAD; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL POWER; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GEOTHERMOMETRY; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POWER GENERATION; PRIORITIZATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; THERMAL WATER; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

CHINA; KANGDING; SICHUAN;

EID: 85019146319     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-017-6659-9     Document Type: Article

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