Chapter 1
Reservoir Definition
Patrick Ledru,
Laurent Guillou Frottier,
Patrick Ledru
AREVA Business Group Mines, KATCO, Av. Dostyk 282, 050000 ALMATY, Kazakhstan
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Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), Mineral Resources Division, 3 av. C. Guillemin, BP36009, 45060 Orléans Cx 2, France
Search for more papers by this authorPatrick Ledru,
Laurent Guillou Frottier,
Patrick Ledru
AREVA Business Group Mines, KATCO, Av. Dostyk 282, 050000 ALMATY, Kazakhstan
Search for more papers by this authorLaurent Guillou Frottier
Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), Mineral Resources Division, 3 av. C. Guillemin, BP36009, 45060 Orléans Cx 2, France
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Dr. Ernst Huenges
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ, German Research Centre for Geoscience, International Centre for Geothermal Research, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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This chapter contains sections titled:
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Expressions of Earth's Heat Sources
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Heat Flow and Deep Temperatures in Europe
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Conceptual Models of Geothermal Reservoirs
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