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Title The Hydrothermal System at the East Brawley KGRA, Imperial Valley, California
Authors Brook, Charles A.; Mase, Charles W.
Year 1981
Conference Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
Keywords Exploration; USA; California; East Brawley; Blind Resources; Liquid Dominated; Gravity; Electrical Conductivity; Heat Flow; Conceptual Model
Abstract The East Brawley KGRA is an example of a "blind" geothermal field characteristic of the Imperial Valley, California. Deep wells in the area have encountered brine with temperatures exceeding 200°C at depths of 3 to 4 km. The area of the geothermal field is defined by a local gravity maximum closure of about 5 mgals, a coincident heat flow anomaly with closure of 160 to 180 mWm-2, and an apparent resistivity low of about 3 ohm-m.
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