| Title | Geothermal Investigation of the Lake District Ethiopia |
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| Authors | McEuen, Robert B.; Abakoyas, Jihad |
| Year | 1977 |
| Conference | Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
| Keywords | Drilling; T Grad Hole; Exploration; Geophysics; Gravity; Resistivity; Red Sea Rift; Gulf of Eden Rift; Main Ethiopian Rift; Ethiopia |
| Abstract | Three drilling locations have been selected to test geothermal reservoirs whose combined areal extent appears to exceed 80km². All are associated with the West Langano Fault and are mainly confined to uplifted blocks immediately to the west of this fault. Apparent resistivities of less than 3 ohm-meter characterize the areas selected for testing. Resistivity values greater than 10 ohm-meter are typical of the Rift area in general. Gravity highs within the Rift may be associated with young intrusions representing possible deep-seated heat sources. The location of the geothermal resource at drillable depth seems, however, to be more dependent upon fault distribution than on the location of these possible deep-seated heat sources |