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Volume 3, issue 1
Geoth. Energ. Sci., 3, 51–59, 2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/gtes-3-51-2015
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Special issue: Geothermal play types – categories and worldwide cases

Geoth. Energ. Sci., 3, 51–59, 2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/gtes-3-51-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

  15 Sep 2015

15 Sep 2015

Convective, intrusive geothermal plays: what about tectonics?

A. Santilano, A. Manzella, G. Gianelli, A. Donato, G. Gola, I. Nardini, E. Trumpy, and S. Botteghi A. Santilano et al.
  • National Research Council, Institute for Geosciences and Earth Resources, Pisa, Italy

Abstract. We revised the concept of convective, intrusive geothermal plays, considering that the tectonic setting is not, in our opinion, a discriminant parameter suitable for a classification. We analysed and compared four case studies: (i) Larderello (Italy), (ii) Mt Amiata (Italy), (iii) The Geysers (USA) and (iv) Kizildere (Turkey). The tectonic settings of these geothermal systems are different and a matter of debate, so it is hard to use this parameter, and the results of classification are ambiguous. We suggest a classification based on the age and nature of the heat source and the related hydrothermal circulation. Finally we propose to distinguish the convective geothermal plays as volcanic, young intrusive and amagmatic.

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We revised the concept of convective geothermal plays by analysing four case studies: Larderello and Mt. Amiata (Italy), The Geysers (USA), and Kizildere (Turkey). We suggest a classification based on the age and nature of the heat source and the related hydrothermal circulation, considering that the tectonic setting is not a discriminant parameter suitable for a classification. Finally we propose to distinguish the convective geothermal plays as volcanic, young intrusive and amagmatic.
We revised the concept of convective geothermal plays by analysing four case studies: Larderello...
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