Geothermal Energy Potential in Selected Areas of Western Australia ...
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Table <strong>of</strong> Contents<br />
1. INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................. 4<br />
2. PERTH BASIN GEOLOGICAL SETTING....................................................................................... 5<br />
3. BASEMENT INVESTIGATIONS.................................................................................................... 10<br />
3.1. BASEMENT DEPTH .................................................................................................................... 10<br />
3.2. BASEMENT LITHOLOGY.............................................................................................................. 11<br />
4. HEAT FLOW MODELLING METHODOLOGY ............................................................................. 16<br />
4.1. INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................... 16<br />
4.2. HEAT FLOW AND LIMITATIONS OF 1D MODELLING......................................................................... 16<br />
4.3. VERIFICATION OF WELL TEMPERATURES .................................................................................... 17<br />
4.4. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ......................................................................................................... 18<br />
4.5. ROCK THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT........................................................................... 19<br />
4.6. ESTIMATING LITHOLOGIES AT DEPTH........................................................................................... 21<br />
4.7. ESTIMATING BASEMENT HEAT GENERATION................................................................................. 24<br />
5. HEAT FLOW MODELLING RESULTS ......................................................................................... 26<br />
5.1. CALCULATED HEAT FLOW........................................................................................................... 26<br />
5.2. RELIABILITY OF HEAT FLOW DATA ............................................................................................... 27<br />
5.3. SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF HEAT FLOW DATA ............................................................................... 30<br />
6. TEMPERATURE PROJECTION ................................................................................................... 32<br />
6.1. INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................... 32<br />
6.2. EXTRAPOLATION OF TEMPERATURES TO BASEMENT ................................................................... 33<br />
7. STRESS FIELD IN THE PERTH BASIN ....................................................................................... 38<br />
7.1. ADEQUACY OF CURRENTLY AVAILABLE DATA ............................................................................... 38<br />
7.2. STRESS MAGNITUDES IN THE PERTH BASIN ................................................................................ 38<br />
7.3. DATA QUALITY AND ADEQUACY................................................................................................... 40<br />
7.4. RELEVANCE OF REGIONAL STRESS TO GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION.............................................. 43<br />
7.5. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STRESS MODELLING ........................................................................... 44<br />
8. DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................. 44<br />
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