Structural Setting of Ngawha Geothermal System, North Island, New Zealand
- Location
- Ngawha, New Zealand
- Conference
- New Zealand Geothermal Workshop
- Year
- 1992
- Language
- English
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Abstract
This reviews the development of in the Tiwi and Bulalo geothermal fields in the
Drillhole information and of gravity data, photographs and satellite images show that the Ngawha Geothermal Field and the area nearby consists of a series of faulted blocks of different sizes. The locations of the volcanism and a possible intrusion, as well as the hydrology of the Ngawha system, are controlled by the geometry of the fault blocks.A of the systems, theiradvantagesand disadvantages arepresented. Oft he various the system was found to be by far the most suitable.
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