Predicting subsidence at Wairakei and Oh
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Rick G. Allis; Xiaoyong Zhan
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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English
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A ®nite-element model coupling compaction and ¯uid ¯ow processes in porous materials has been applied to the subsidence bowls at Wairakei and Ohaaki geothermal ®elds to provide a basis for predicting subsidence. Most of the subsidence is due to slow drainage of relatively impermeable (H0.05±0.3 mD),