Hydrogeochemistry and geothermometry of thermal groundwaters from the Birdsville Track Ridge, Great Artesian Basin, South Australia

Geothermics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 743-774

  Pirlo, Mark C ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Chemical geothermometers; Fluid mineral equilibria; Great Artesian Basin; Hydrogeochemistry; Thermal water

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; POSITIVE IONS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SILICA; TEMPERATURE; THERMOANALYSIS;

DATASETS; GEOTEMPERATURES; GEOTHERMOMETERS; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES;

GROUNDWATER;

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; THERMAL WATER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN; WORLD;

EID: 8744303644     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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