Cordilleran Section - 113th Annual Meeting - 2017

Session No. 23
Wednesday, 24 May 2017: 8:30 AM-11:50 AM
Room 318A (Hawai‘i Convention Center)

T14. Advances in Geothermal Resource Investigation I

 

Pete Stelling, Nicholas H. Hinz, Nicole Lautze and Garrett Ito, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:35 AM
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY IN HAWAII: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
THOMAS, Donald, University of Hawaii, Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes, 200 W. Kawili St., Hilo, HI 96720; Hawaii Inst. Geophys & Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 and LAUTZE, Nicole, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI, dthomas@soest.hawaii.edu, dthomas@soest.hawaii.edu
8:55 AM
SUCCESSFUL MULTI-LEG COMPLETION OF KS-13 ML-1 & INCREASED POWER GENERATION OF PUNA GEOTHERMAL VENTURE (PGV), HAWAI’I
DRAKOS, Peter, SPIELMAN, Paul and PETERS, Brad, Ormat Technologies Inc., Reno, NV 89511, pdrakos@ormat.com, pdrakos@ormat.com
9:15 AM
A GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII USING HYDROGEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS
TACHERA, Diamond K.1, LAUTZE, Nicole2, THOMAS, Donald2 and WHITTIER, Robert1, (1)Geology & Geophysics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, (2)Hawaii Inst. Geophys & Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, diamondt@hawaii.edu, diamondt@hawaii.edu
9:35 AM
TWO SIMPLE METHODS IN GEO-RECONNAISSANCE: THE VOTER-VETO-CONFIDENCE METHOD AND THE BACK-PROPAGATION OF ADVECTED GEOCHEMICAL SIGNALS
FRAZER, Neil, Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, 1680 East-West Rd, POST 723, Honolulu, HI 96822, ITO, Garrett, Geology & Geophysics, SOEST, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1680 East-West Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822, LAUTZE, Nicole, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI, THOMAS, Donald, University of Hawaii, Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes, 200 W. Kawili St., Hilo, HI 96720, HINZ, Nicholas H., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557 and WHITTIER, Robert, Geology & Geophysics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, neil@soest.hawaii.edu, neil@soest.hawaii.edu
 
9:55 AM
Break
10:25 AM
3D GEOPHYSICAL INVERSION MODELLING OF POTENTIAL FIELD DATA APPLIED TO THE INVESTIGATION OF FOUR GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE AREAS
WITTER, Jeffrey B., Innovate Geothermal Ltd., #104 - 445 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Y 0E8, Canada, jeff@innovategeothermal.com, jeff@innovategeothermal.com
10:45 AM
THE GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF GEOTHERMAL FLUID FLOW: A 3D ANALYSIS OF THE BRADYS GEOTHERMAL FIELD, NV, USA
SILER, Drew L., GMEG, USGS, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94061 and FAULDS, James E., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, dsiler@usgs.gov, dsiler@usgs.gov
11:05 AM
FAULT-HOSTED GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES IN THE GREAT BASIN REGION, USA –EVOLUTION OF STRUCTURAL-TECTONIC CHARACTERIZATION OVER THE PAST FOUR DECADES
HINZ, Nicholas H.1, FAULDS, James E.1 and COOLBAUGH, Mark F.2, (1)Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, (2)Atlas Geosciences, Inc, 4750 Longley Lane, Suite 106, Reno, NV 89502, nhinz@unr.edu, nhinz@unr.edu
11:25 AM
THERMAL EFFECTS OF CHANNELING FLOW WITHIN ROUGH FRACTURES
CO, Carla and HORNE, Roland, Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University, 367 Panama Street, Green Earth Sciences Bldg. Rm. 50, Stanford, CA 94305, carlakdc@stanford.edu, carlakdc@stanford.edu
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