Estimation of Spatial Distribution and Fluid Fraction of a Potential Supercritical Geothermal Reservoir by Magnetotelluric Data: A Case Study From Yuzawa Geothermal Field, NE Japan
Estimation of Spatial Distribution and Fluid Fraction of a Potential Supercritical Geothermal Reservoir by Magnetotelluric Data: A Case Study From Yuzawa Geothermal Field, NE Japan
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10.1029/2021jb022911
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2021-08
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K. Ishizu;Y. Ogawa;Keishi Nunohara;N. Tsuchiya;M. Ichiki;H. Hase;W. Kanda;S. Sakanaka;Y. Honkura;Y. Hino;K. Seki;Kuo Hsuan Tseng;Y. Yamaya;T. Mogi
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K. Ishizu;Y. Ogawa;Keishi Nunohara;N. Tsuchiya;M. Ichiki;H. Hase;W. Kanda;S. Sakanaka;Y. Honkura;Y. Hino;K. Seki;Kuo Hsuan Tseng;Y. Yamaya;T. Mogi
Fluids within the Earth's crust may exist under supercritical conditions (i.e., >374°C and >22.1 MPa for pure water). Supercritical geothermal reservoirs at depths of 2–10 km below the surface in northeastern (NE) Japan mainly consist of magmatic fluids that exsolved from the melt during the course of fractional crystallization. Supercritical geothermal reservoirs have received attention as next‐generation geothermal resources because they can offer significantly more energy than that obtained from conventional geothermal reservoirs found at temperatures 400°C) with dimensions of 3 km (width) × 5 km (length) at a depth of 2.5–6.0 km below the surface. The estimated fluid fraction of the reservoir is 0.1%–4.2% with salinity values of 5–10 wt%. The melt is also imaged below the reservoir, and based on the resistivity model; we develop a mechanism for the evolution of the supercritical geothermal reservoir, wherein upwelling supercritical fluids supplied from the melt are trapped under less permeable silica sealing and accumulate there.