| Title | Geothermal Energy Resources of the Lower Susitna Basin, Alaska |
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| Authors | Turner, Donald L.; Wescott, Eugene M.; Witte, William; Petzinger, Becky |
| Year | 1982 |
| Conference | Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
| Keywords | Exploration; USA; Alaska; Thermal Anomaly; Temperature; Helium; Resource Assessment |
| Abstract | Evidence form dry wildcat well temperatures and helium soil gas surveys suggests that a substantial warm water resource may be present in the Willow Big Lake area of Alaska, and possibly even farther to the east. Discontinuous reservoirs may be present under an area of at leas 40 square miles, probably fed by upwelling of thermal waters along Tertiary faults. A gravity survey indicates the presence of two ridge in the granitic basement. These ridges are believed to be overlain, in part, by geothermal reservoirs accessible to shallow drilling. |