Contribution of Seismic Reflection to the Study of Geothermal Reservoirs in Tuscany (Italy)
- Key words
- Exploration; Italy; Tuscany; Seismic Noise; Reflection
- Location
- Larderello, Italy; Travale, Italy; Mt. Amiata, Italy; Torre Alfina, Italy
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1985
- Session
- Exploration; Geophysical surveys; Seismic reflection surveys
- Language
- English
Abstract
In the investigation of high enthalpy geothermal fields a better quality of any deep drilling program can be obtained with the aid of seismic exploration methods. The results presented support the potential of seismic reflection method in determining the geometry of even very complex buried structures and defining the macrofracture trends. Amplitude anomalies, detected inside the metamorphic crystalline rocks, are likely to be associated with the presence of trapped fluids, that is, partially saturated rocks or sharp variations of differential pressures of the pore fluids.
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