Rates of vertical groundwater movement estimated from the Earth's thermal profile

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Abstract

An analytical solution is developed describing vertical steady flow of groundwater and heat through an isotropic, homogeneous, and fully saturated semiconfining layer. A type‐curve method for estimating groundwater velocities from temperature data is presented.

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Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Clean water and sanitation

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Published in: Water Resources Research

Volume 1, Issue 2, pp. 325-328

DOI: 10.1029/wr001i002p00325

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