Geothermal Resource Assessment for Hawaii
- Key words
- Exploration; Ground Water; Regional Assessment; High Temperature; USA; Hawaii; Geology; Geophysics; Geochemical; Direct Use; Wells; Hydrology; Geothermal Potential; Institute of Geophysics
- Location
- Hawaii
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1979
- Session
- Exploration; Feasibility studies
- Language
- English
Abstract
The preliminary phase of a geothermal resource assessment program for the State of Hawaii has been completed. Several locations on all the major islands of the Hawaiian chain have been identified as potentially having a geothermal reservoir within a few kilometers depth of the surface. Although geological and geophysical data were of some use in the regional surveys, groundwater chemical data was far more helpful in identifying more restricted areas in which to carry out site specific field surveys. Geochemical and geophysical survey are presently underway in several areas identified as potentially having a geothermal resource.
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