Did you know... one of the world’s largest hot springs is in New Zealand? Located in the Waimangu...
Mud Pots and Mud Pools
Depressions filled with hot bubbling mud commonly associated with steaming ground. The mud is mostly made up of clay minerals which form as an alteration product and interaction between acidic condensed steam and rock-forming minerals.
Geothermal Glossary
Word of the Week – Mineral Geothermometer
Mineral Geothermometer A secondary mineral phase whose stability is defined by a lower and sometimes an upper temperature threshold. Common mineral geothermometers comprise clays, zeolites and epidote, with crystal structures that contain a hydroxyl (OH-) or water...
Word of the Week – MWD
MWD Refers to Measurement While Drilling which for directional drilling includes geospatial information that is used to steer the bottom hole assembly (BHA). Inclination and azimuth are surveyed using accelerometers and magnetometers which are incorporated into MWD...
Word of the Week – Numerical Modeling
Numerical Modeling Application of computational methods to solve complex problems that predict the behavior or the outcome of a real-world or physical system that evolves in space and time.