Environmental Impact of Geothermal Utilization in Iceland
- Key words
- environment, geothermal, Iceland, monitoring
- Location
- Iceland
- Conference
- World Geothermal Congress
- Year
- 1995
- Session
- SECTION 13 - Environmental and Social Aspects
- Language
- English
- Paper number
- 4-Krismannsdottir
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Abstract
To facilitate the of law on assessment a co-operative project between Orkustofnun (The National Energy Authority) and major geothermal exploiters is king carried out to a -backgroundnetwork for monitoring. Greenhouse gas emission is relatively small bur emission Temperature of can dctcctcd In Svartsengi, drawdown to seismic activity, and small gravity changes show that system is recharged. of is fur background comparisonwith exploited ones.
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