Geothermal Investigation of the Lake District Ethiopia
- Key words
- Drilling; T Grad Hole; Exploration; Geophysics; Gravity; Resistivity; Red Sea Rift; Gulf of Eden Rift; Main Ethiopian Rift; Ethiopia
- Location
- Lake District, Ethiopia; Aluto-Langano, Ethiopia
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1977
- Session
- Drilling; Temperature gradients; Exploration; Geophysical su
- Language
- English
Abstract
Three drilling locations have been selected to test geothermal reservoirs whose combined areal extent appears to exceed 80km². All are associated with the West Langano Fault and are mainly confined to uplifted blocks immediately to the west of this fault. Apparent resistivities of less than 3 ohm-meter characterize the areas selected for testing. Resistivity values greater than 10 ohm-meter are typical of the Rift area in general. Gravity highs within the Rift may be associated with young intrusions representing possible deep-seated heat sources. The location of the geothermal resource at drillable depth seems, however, to be more dependent upon fault distribution than on the location of these possible deep-seated heat sources
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