| Title | Temperatures and Their Dependence on Groundwater Flow in Shallow Geothermal Systems |
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| Authors | Chapman, David S.; Kilty, Kevin T.; Mase, Charles W. |
| Year | 1978 |
| Conference | Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
| Keywords | Reservoir Engineering; Exploration; USA; Utah; Monroe Hot Springs; Model; Reservoir Models; Reservoir Evaluation; Hydrothermal; Temperature Gradient; Dipole |
| Abstract | A conceptual model of a shallow geothermal system is characterized by groundwater percolating into a storage area, being heated and then discharging to the surface through a permeable conduit. The analysis of this system involved finite difference solutions to the equation of conductive and convective heat transfer with appropriate boundary conditions. Our model is successfully applied at Monroe Hot Springs, Utah where dipole-dipole resistivity, an ground magnetic surveys have effectively mapped the system an where eleven thermal gradient/heat flow boreholes provide temperature field is shown to be controlled by groundwater discharge through the Sevier fault zone. |