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Geothermal Handbook

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/897362· OSTI ID:897362
This handbook is intended to assist the physicist, chemist, engineer, and geologist engaged in discovering and developing geothermal energy resources. This first section contains a glossary of the approximately 500 most frequently occurring geological, physical, and engineering terms, chosen from the geothermal literature. Sections 2 through 8 are fact sheets that discuss such subjects as geothermal gradients, rock classification, and geological time scales. Section 9 contains conversion tables for the physical quantities of interest for energy research in general and for geothermal research in particular.
Research Organization:
The Johns Hopkins Univ., Applied Physics Lab., Laurel, MD (USA)
OSTI ID:
897362
Report Number(s):
APL/JHU-SR-77-1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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