Exploration of Tiie Rotoka Wa Geothermal Field, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand
- Location
- Rotokawa, New Zealand; Taupo Volcanic Zone
- Conference
- Japan International Geothermal Symposium
- Year
- 1988
- Session
- Plenary Lecture
- Language
- English
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Abstract
The Rotokawa geothermal field, located 7 km east ofWairakei (figure 1), has been investigated episodically for its sulphur resources and power potential over the past 50 years. Exploration of the field has been slow and mostly unsystematic so that an account of this as a sequential case study would be too long; nevertheless the field does offer several useful lessons. In this paper I therefore first describe our present knowledge of the superficial geothermal activity and geology of the field and then consider how our understanding of its subsurface geology and hydrology has been developed by drilling at three different periods.
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