Radiogenic heat production variations in the Gonghe basin, northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Implications for the origin of high-temperature geothermal resources

Chao Zhang, Shengbiao Hu, Shengsheng Zhang, Shengtao Li, Linyou Zhang, Yanlong Kong, Yinhui Zuo, Rongcai Song, Guangzheng Jiang and Zhuting Wang

Renewable Energy, 2020, vol. 148, issue C, 284-297

Abstract: Hot dry rock is an almost inexhaustible source of geothermal energy. Since the first attempt to extract thermal energy from hot dry rock in America in the 1970s, successive studies have been conducted in many countries. Recently, high-temperature rock (exceeding 180 °C) was drilled in the Gonghe basin, northeastern Tibetan Plateau, marking a significant breakthrough in the exploration of hot dry rock resources in China. A proper understanding of the origin of the hot dry rock in the Gonghe basin is essential to the evaluation of the geothermal resource potential and to the establishment of an enhanced geothermal system in the basin.

Keywords: Hot dry rock; Radiogenic heat production; Heat flow; Crustal heat contribution; Heat anomaly; Gonghe basin (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.11.156

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