Geothermal Studies
Lab Manager — Dr. Shari Kelley
Geophysicists at NMBGMR are involved in several ongoing studies throughout New Mexico to investigate subsurface temperatures and the heat coming from the Earth's interior. Results are used in broadly defining geothermal energy resource areas, aiding in the understanding of volcanic and mountain building processes, and more recently in analyzing hydrogeothermal phenomena and ground-water-flow systems. The geothermal studies laboratory is composed of several temperature-logging systems and a facility to measure the thermal conductivity of rock samples (both core and cuttings) obtained in drilling operations. A number of publications describing geothermal studies are available from the NMBGMR. Recent research has focused on determining the direction of ground-water movement across the Roswell Basin, in the Cañutillo well field near Las Cruces, and beneath Kirtland Air Force Base at Albuquerque.
New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
801 Leroy Place
Socorro, NM 87801-4796
information: (575) 835-5420
fax: (575) 835-6333
http://geoinfo.nmt.edu
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