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PROCEEDINGS OF THE WORKSHOP ON SAMPLING GEOTHERMAL EFFLUENTS (2ND) HELD AT LAS VEGAS, NEVADA ON FEBRUARY 15-17, 1977
Citation:
Sanyal, S. AND R. Weiss. PROCEEDINGS OF THE WORKSHOP ON SAMPLING GEOTHERMAL EFFLUENTS (2ND) HELD AT LAS VEGAS, NEVADA ON FEBRUARY 15-17, 1977. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/7-78/121.
Description:
A partial listing of contents includes: The use of gas sampling bags for the collection and storage of hydrothermal gases; Heavy metal emissions from geothermal power plants; The dynamic measurement of ambient airborne gases near geothermal areas; Analysis of radon in geothermal effluents; A review of the determination of hydrogen sulfide in air by the cadmium hydroxide-stractan colorimetric method-current practices and modifications; Sampling and analysis of hot and cold spring waters and associated rock and soil samples from potential geothermal resources areas in North Central Nevada; A review of the chemical composition of geothermal effluents; Development of geothermal gas sampling equipment; Techniques of pressure and temperature measurement and sampling in geothermal wells; Collection of chemical, isotope and gas samples from geothermal wells; Geothermal downhole sampling instrumentation; Estimation of pollutant characteristics from geochemical surface investigations; Borehole geophysical logging as complement to well effluent sampling; Use of radioactive tracers in geothermal operations.