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Effects of potential geothermal development in the Corwin Springs Known Geothermal Resources Area, Montana, on the thermal features of Yellowstone National Park. Water Resources Investigation

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6123659
A two-year study by the U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with the National Park Service, Argonne National Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory was initiated in 1988 to determine the effects of potential geothermal development in the Corwin Springs Known Geothermal Resources Area (KGRA), Montana, on the thermal features of Yellowstone National Park. The study addressed three principal issues: (1) the sources of thermal water in the hot springs at Mammoth, La Duke, and Bear Creek; (2) the degree of subsurface connection between these areas; and (3) the effects of geothermal development in the Corwin Springs KGRA on the Park's thermal features. The authors investigations included, but were not limited to, geologic mapping, electrical geophysical surveys, chemical sampling and analyses of waters and rocks, determinations of the rates of discharge of various thermal springs, and hydrologic tracer tests.
Research Organization:
Geological Survey, Reston, VA (United States). Water Resources Div.
OSTI ID:
6123659
Report Number(s):
PB-92-106699/XAB; USGS/WRI--91-4052
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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DAMAGE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FEDERAL REGION VIII
FLUIDS
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THERMAL SPRINGS
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