Warm or Steaming Ground

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

Warm or Steaming Ground:

An area where geothermal heat is conducted to the earth’s surface, warming the ground and sometimes causing steam to form when water is present.

Other definitions:Wikipedia Reegle

Modern Geothermal Features

Typical list of modern geothermal features

• Hot Springs
• Fumaroles
• Warm or Steaming Ground
• Mudpots, Mud Pools, or Mud Volcanoes
• Geysers
• Blind Geothermal System

Steam rising from the ground at Eldvorp, a 10 km row of craters, in Southwestern Iceland. http://www.visiticeland.com/SearchResults/Attraction/eldvorp

Warm or steaming ground is often an indicator of a geothermal system beneath the surface. In some cases a geothermal system may not show any visible evidence on the surface, however after a rain fall water may seep beneath the surface, get heated, and rise from the ground as steam. A classic example of this is at the Svartsengi Geothermal Area in Iceland, where the Blue Lagoon is located. The Geothermal area was unknown until the 1960’s when local people observed steam rising from the ground after rainfalls.

Examples

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CSV

Geothermal Resource Area	Geothermal Region	Control Structure	Host Rock Age	Host Rock Lithology	Mean Capacity	Mean Reservoir Temp
Bouillante Geothermal Area	Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc	Fault Intersection Major Normal Fault		Chlorite	15 MW15,000 kW <br />15,000,000 W <br />15,000,000,000 mW <br />0.015 GW <br />1.5e-5 TW <br />	528.15 K255 °C <br />491 °F <br />950.67 °R <br />
Eburru Geothermal Area	East African Rift System - Kenya Rift			Basalt	2.5 MW2,500 kW <br />2,500,000 W <br />2,500,000,000 mW <br />0.0025 GW <br />2.5e-6 TW <br />	578.15 K305 °C <br />581 °F <br />1,040.67 °R <br />
Ohaaki Geothermal Area	Taupo Volcanic Zone	Fault Intersection	Quaternary	Volcaniclastic	122 MW122,000 kW <br />122,000,000 W <br />122,000,000,000 mW <br />0.122 GW <br />1.22e-4 TW <br />	538.15 K265 °C <br />509 °F <br />968.67 °R <br />
Pailas Geothermal Area	Central American Volcanic Arc Chain			Andesite	35 MW35,000 kW <br />35,000,000 W <br />35,000,000,000 mW <br />0.035 GW <br />3.5e-5 TW <br />
Salt Wells Geothermal Area	Northwest Basin and Range Geothermal Region				23.6 MW23,600 kW <br />23,600,000 W <br />23,600,000,000 mW <br />0.0236 GW <br />2.36e-5 TW <br />	466.15 K193 °C <br />379.4 °F <br />839.07 °R <br />
Sumatra-Sibayak Geothermal Area	Sunda Volcanic Arc - Great Sumatra Fault Zone	Fault Intersection	Tertiary	Sandstone; Limestone	12 MW12,000 kW <br />12,000,000 W <br />12,000,000,000 mW <br />0.012 GW <br />1.2e-5 TW <br />	543.15 K270 °C <br />518 °F <br />977.67 °R <br />
Yangbajain Geothermal Area	Himalayan Mountain Range	Fault Intersection			24 MW24,000 kW <br />24,000,000 W <br />24,000,000,000 mW <br />0.024 GW <br />2.4e-5 TW <br />	478.15 K205 °C <br />401 °F <br />860.67 °R <br />