An Evaluation of Geothermal Resources for the State of Hawaii
- Key words
- General; Exploration; USA; Hawaii; Assessment; KGRA; Low Temperature; Moderate Temperature; High Temperature; Summary Update; Soil Surveys; Ground Water; Mapping; Curie Point; Magnetic Survey; Self Potential; Kauai; Oahu; Molokai; Maui; Resistivity Survey
- Location
- Oahu, Hawaii; Maui, Hawaii
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1984
- Session
- Exploration; Geothermal overviews
- Language
- English
Abstract
The Hawaii Geothermal Resources Assessment Program ahs completed field survey in fifteen Potential Geothermal Resource Areas located on four of the major islands making up the Hawaiian archipelago. The results of these surveys have indicated that four of the prospects surveyed had a significant probability for the presence of a moderate to high temperatures (125 degrees C. to 350 degrees C.) resource and three others showed indications of having at least a low to moderate temperature (50 degrees C. to 125 degrees C.) resource. One of the survey areas, the Kilauea East Rift Zone, presently has a deep exploratory well under extended production and hence is considered to be a Known Geothermal Resource Area.
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