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AAPG Bulletin

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Volume: 64 (1980)

Issue: 5. (May)

First Page: 684

Last Page: 685

Title: Future Previous HitExplorationNext Hit for Geothermal Resources: ABSTRACT

Author(s): David R. Butler

Article Type: Meeting abstract

Abstract:

Previous HitExplorationNext Hit for geothermal resources has been concentrated in those areas where hot springs and hydrothermal alteration and deposition at the surface directly indicate geothermal potential.

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Future Previous HitexplorationNext Hit for geothermal resources must depend on effective use of geology and Previous HitgeophysicsNext Hit to discover geothermal fields with no surface expression. An effective program must begin with an understanding of the geologic and geophysical processes that interact to create regions of high potential. Further Previous HitexplorationNext Hit in these high-potential regions must then confirm that specific geologic and geophysical factors associated with good geothermal fields are present or indicated.

The present stage of geothermal Previous HitexplorationNext Hit is a return to basic geology and Previous HitgeophysicsTop to guide future programs to discover geothermal fields with no surface expression.

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