Browsing School of Natural Sciences by Author "Townend, John"
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Fracture geometries and processes in andesites at Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand: implications for the fracture modelling of the Rotokawa Geothermal Field
McNamara, David D.; Nicol, Andrew; Archibald, Garth; Townend, John; Massiot, Cecile (Le Consortium Gocad, 2014-09-16)Fluid flow in the high-temperature (300 C), andesite-hosted Rotokawa geothermal reservoir (Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ), New Zealand) is largely controlled by fractures and faults but their geometries are still poorly ... -
Fracture width and spacing distributions from borehole televiewer logs and cores in the Rotokawa Geothermal Field, New Zealand
Massiot, Cécile; McNamara, David D.; Nicol, Andrew; Townend, John (International Geothermal Association, 2015-04-19)The successful targeting of permeable fractures in geothermal fields is aided by understanding the spatial and geometric characteristics of fracture populations. Studies of numerous outcrop, and a limited number of geothermal ... -
Late-interseismic state of a continental plate-bounding fault: Petrophysical results from DFDP-1 wireline logging and core analysis, Alpine Fault, New Zealand
Townend, John; Sutherland, R.; Toy, V. G.; Eccles, J. D.; Boulton, C.; Cox, S. C.; McNamara, David D. (American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2013)We present a geophysical characterization at 0.1-100 m scales of a major plate-bounding continental fault in a late-interseismic state. The Alpine Fault produces M-W approximate to 8 earthquakes every 200-400 years and ... -
Quantitative geometric description of fracture systems in an andesite lava flow using terrestrial laser scanner data
Massiot, Cécile; Nicol, Andrew; Townend, John; McNamara, David D.; Garcia-Sellés, David; Conway, Chris E.; Archibald, Garth (Elsevier, 2017-06-03)Permeability hosted in andesitic lava flows is dominantly controlled by fracture systems, with geometries that are often poorly constrained. This paper explores the fracture system geometry of an andesitic lava flow formed ...