Physical property characterization of the Waipapa greywacke: an important geothermal reservoir basement rock in New Zealand

Physical property characterization of the Waipapa greywacke: an important geothermal reservoir basement rock in New Zealand

Abstract Greywacke basement rocks in New Zealand host conventional geothermal reservoirs and may supply important hotter and deeper geothermal energy resources in the future. This work combines petrological analyses and physical property measurements of Waipapa greywacke, a basement unit hosting New...

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Main Authors: Aurelio Melia, Daniel Roy Faulkner, David Daniel McNamara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-06-01
Series:Geothermal Energy
Subjects:
Geothermal
Greywacke
Permeability
Fracture
Rock properties
Basement rock
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40517-022-00218-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40517-022-00218-2

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