Hydrogeological Regimes and Their Subsurface Thermal Effects

Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface
......Page 7
Thermal Regimes in Mountainous Terrain......Page 9
Simultaneous Inversion of Hydrogeologic and Thermal Data......Page 11
References......Page 13
Introduction......Page 14
Mathematical Model......Page 15
Outline of Finite Element Formulation......Page 16
Bayesian Estimation......Page 17
Ontimization Scheme......Page 18
Covariance Matrices......Page 19
General Remarks......Page 20
Numerical Results......Page 22
Summary and Discussion......Page 24
References......Page 27
Analysis of Thermal Effects of Fluid Flow in Porous Media......Page 29
Application to Hydrogeological Systems......Page 30
Analytical and Numerical Solutions......Page 31
Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho, U.S.A.......Page 33
References......Page 34
The Uinta Basin and its Thermal Regime......Page 35
Interoretation of the Temoerature Field......Page 36
Thermal History......Page 38
References......Page 39
Geologic Setting......Page 40
Mathematical Model of Transport Processes in Rifts......Page 46
Hydrothermal Model Results......Page 48
Thermal Maturation of Rift Sediments......Page 57
References......Page 61
EXTENDED ABSTRACT......Page 64
References......Page 69
Geology......Page 70
Hydrogeology......Page 71
Interpretation of the HFD Anomaly......Page 72
Numerical Modeling of Deep Groundwater Circulation......Page 74
Model Concept......Page 75
Boundary Conditions......Page 76
Results......Page 77
Conclusions......Page 78
References......Page 79
Tectonic Setting......Page 80
Regional Distortion of Heat Flow Field by Underground Water Movement......Page 81
Proposed Corrections......Page 84
References......Page 85
Water Migration and its Geothermal Effect: a General Model in Regional Scale......Page 86
Geothermal Effect of Subsurface Water Migration Along Belts of Weakness......Page 89
References......Page 90
Mathematical Model......Page 92
North China Basin......Page 93
Xinzheng Basin......Page 97
Discussion and Conclusion......Page 99
References......Page 104
THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECT ON HEAT FLOW IN THE PRAIRIES BASIN......Page 105
References......Page 108
Summary of Data Available in the Hirayu Hot Springs Area......Page 110
Governing Equations......Page 112
Boundary Conditions......Page 114
Fitting Process......Page 115
Most Suitable Model......Page 117
Discussion......Page 119
References......Page 120
Introduction......Page 122
Mathematical Model......Page 123
Head Loss......Page 124
Calculation of the Hydraulic Head Field in an Aquifer with a Fault......Page 125
Field Application......Page 127
Interpretation: Fault Throw Effect......Page 129
References......Page 130
Introduction......Page 132
Typeso f ThermaAl nomaly......Page 133
Mapping Fracture Systems......Page 136
References......Page 137
Introduction......Page 139
Geology of the Study Area......Page 140
Relations between Fracture Systems and Subsurface Flows......Page 141
Geothermal Investigations......Page 143
Heat Transport by Interfracture Fluid Flows......Page 145
Discussion and Conclusions......Page 148
References......Page 149
SUBSURFACE CONDUCTIVE AND HYDROGEOLOGICAL RELATED THERMAL EFFECTS IN THE AREA OF THE CRUSTAL ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS OF THE WILLISTON BASIN......Page 150
References......Page 151
Streaming Potential Associated with Hydrothermal Circulation......Page 152
Mt. Yake Volcano Area......Page 154
Okuaizu Geothermal Field......Page 156
Production-induced Electric Potential Observed at Nigorikawa......Page 157
References......Page 158