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UTILIZING INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL DATA FOR GEOTHERMAL POWER PROSPECTING


CROWELL, Anna M., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell St. Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202 and GOSNOLD, Will D., Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell, Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, amcrowell@gmail.com

Oil and gas producing sedimentary basins in Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, and North Dakota contain formation waters of a temperature that is adequate for geothermal power production (90°-150° C) using existing binary power plant technology. We have integrated a variety of data, including: geological maps for these five states as well as geothermal gradients, magnetics, gravity, and digital elevation models in a comprehensive analysis. These data were imported into an ArcGIS geodatabase, georeferenced and interpolated, and analyzed to find the location most suited for geothermal energy prospecting. The following sites were identified: for Colorado, the depocenter of the Denver-Julesberg basin near Denver; in Illinois, the region along the southwest border of the state; in Michigan, the area just south of where the thumb meets the mitt; in Nebraska, the area along the Chadron arch; and in North Dakota, the area in the northwest part of the state.

Session No. 338

T48. Ground-Source Geothermal Energy Systems: A Significant Emerging Resource (Posters)
Wednesday, 30 October 2013: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 45, No. 7, p.774
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