1. Applications of Ground-Penetrating Radar
(GPR) in the Context of Geothermal Reservoir
Exploration
”We know where it is, but we have to look for it”
Jodutt Basrawi
August 24-26, 2016
PKU-UCLA Joint Research Institute

2. Chapter 1: Why do this?

3. Why do this?
1

4. Chapter 2: I did not know
geothermal energy

5. Conventional Geothermal
2

6. 3

7. Heat!
(Li Z H, et al. 2015)
4

8. EGS - Just add water!
(JASON Mitre, 2012)
5

9. Chapter 3: I knew some GPR...but
not enough

10. GPR
6

11. Final Chapter: The Eureka
Moment

12. The Beijing Location
7

13. My GPR
8

14. Problem! Depth!
9

15. Solution #1: Sinters
Lynne & Sim, 2012
1 km
Diagenesis Path
(Lynne and Sim, 2012)
10

16. Sinters (continued)
(Lynne and Sim, 2012)
11

17. Solution #2: Hot Spots, Mantle Plumes, and Thinning Lithosphere
12

18. The Model
13

19. Conclusion

20. Sinters and the Motion of Hotspots
14

21. Questions? Now is a good time to explore like
a real geophysicist.
14

22. World Tectonics

23. Slab H20 Loss
(Leng W et al., 2015)

28. Beijing’s Geologic Forces
Separate file

29. Ocean Drainage
Separate file

30. The Mariana Trench
Separate file

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32. References II
6. Jeanloz, R., and H. Stone. “Enhanced Geothermal Systems.” Technical.
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33. References III
10. Lynne, Bridget Y., and Cheng Yii Sim. “Ground Penetrating Radar and Its
Successful Application in Imaging USA and New Zealand Siliceous
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