Imaging the heat source of the Kangding high-temperature geothermal system on the Xianshuihe fault by magnetotelluric survey

• Published in: Geothermics Vol. 102; p. 102386
• Main Authors: Cheng, Yuanzhi, Pang, Zhonghe, Kong, Yanlong, Chen, Xiaobin, Wang, Guangjie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2022; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Anomalies; Conductors; Data collection; Data processing; Electrical resistivity; Geology; Geothermal energy; Geothermal power; Heat; Heat source; High temperature; Kangding geothermal system; Magnetotelluric; Partial melt; Resistivity structure; Tensors; Heat source; Magnetotelluric; Resistivity structure; Partial melt; Kangding geothermal system

•We have obtained a three-dimensional electrical model of the Kangding geothermal system.•The electrical model reveals the remarkable high conductivity anomalies beneath the Kangding geothermal field.•The conductors are explained as partial melt, which supply heat and fluids to the geothermal fields...