Cooperative joint inversion of magnetotelluric and microseismic data for imaging the Geysers geothermal field, California, USA

Geophysics
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Abstract

The Geysers geothermal field located in northern California, USA, is the world’s largest electricity-generating geothermal facility. To delineate the spatio-temporal distribution of reservoir steam and recharge water, we have collected microseismic and magnetotelluric (MT) data using a dense array of stations in 2021. The microseismic and MT data have been inverted together using a 3D cooperative joint inversion workflow. The joint inversion exploits a cross-gradient structural constraint because electrical conductivity structures observed in the geothermal field are strongly correlated with 

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Cooperative joint inversion of magnetotelluric and microseismic data for imaging the Geysers geothermal field, California, USA
Series title Geophysics
DOI 10.1190/geo2022-0521.1
Volume 88
Issue 5
Year Published 2023
Language English
Publisher Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Contributing office(s) Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center
Description 10 p.
First page WB45
Last page WB54
Country United States
State California
Other Geospatial Geysers geothermal field
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