Preliminary Assessment of a Geothermal Energy Reservoir Formed by Hydraulic Fracturing
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عنوان ژورنال: Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0197-7520
DOI: 10.2118/6093-pa