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LBL Resistivity Studies at Cerro Prieto

M. J. Wilt, N. E. Goldstein

Location
Cerro Prieto, Mexico
Conference
DOE-CFE Symposium on Cerro Prieto
Year
1978
Session
Geophysics/Geofisica
Language
English, Spanish

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Abstract

As a part of a cooperative research venture between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), a series of dc resistivity investigations were performed at the Cerro Prieto geothermal field. The work has included Schlumberger and dipoledipole field surveys, geoelectric computer modeling, and geological interpretation of results. The goals of this project are (a) to determine whether the reservoir region or controling geologic structure can be delineated by careful dc resistivity measurements; (b) to explore with geoelectric modeling the possibility of using the dipole-dipole resistivity technique for monitoring temporal changes in resistivity caused by changes in the reservoir; and (c) to perform the first set set of replicate dipole-dipole measurements.
The dipole-dipole technique was chosen for temporal monitoring because of its inherent sensitivity to lateral resistivity variations and the ease in establishing the relatively few permanent stations needed for remeasurement.



Como parte de un proyecto cooperativo de investigacion entre el Departamento de Energia (DOE) de los Estados Unidos y la Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) de Mexico se llevaron a cabo una serie de estudios de resistividad de corriente continua en el campo geotermico de Cerro Prieto. El trabaj 0 incluyo levantamientos Schlumberger y dipolo-dipolo, computos de modelos geoelectricos e interpretacion geologica de los resultados. Las metas de este proyecto son (a) determinar si puede delinearse la region del yacimiento o la estructura geologica que lo controla mediante medidas cuidadosas de resistividad de corriente continua,(b) explorar usando modelos geoelectricos la posibilidad de utilizar la tecnica de resistividad dipolo-dipolo para determinar los cambios con el tiempo de resistividad causados por cambios en el yacimiento y (c) tomar el primer conjunto de medidas dipolo-dipolo.
La tecnica dipolo-dipolo fue elegida para el monitoreo con el tiempo debido a su inherente sensibilidad a variaciones de resistividad lateral, y a la facilidad de establecer las relativamente pocas estaciones permanentes necesarias para realizar nuevas mediciones.

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