Behavior of Rare Earth Element In Geothermal Systems; A New Exploration/Exploitation Tool
The goal of this four-year project was to provide a database by which to judge the utility of the rare earth elements (REE) in the exploration for and exploitation of geothermal fields in the United States. Geothermal fluids from hot springs and wells have been sampled from a number of locations, including: (1) the North Island of New Zealand (1 set of samples); (2) the Cascades of Oregon; (3) the Harney, Alvord Desert and Owyhee geothermal areas of Oregon; (4) the Dixie Valley and Beowawe fields in Nevada; (5) Palinpion, the Philippines: (6) the Salton Sea and Heber geothermal fields of southern California; and (7) the Dieng field in Central Java, Indonesia. We have analyzed the samples from all fields for REE except the last two.
- Research Organization:
- University of Idaho (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG07-98ID13575
- OSTI ID:
- 792697
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ID13575; TRN: US200205%%298
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 28 Jan 2002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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