Saturated heating and quenching of three crustal rocks and implications for thermal stimulation of permeability in geothermal reservoirs

Paul Siratovich1,2, M. Villeneuve1, J. W. Cole1, Ben Kennedy1, Florence Bégué1
1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
2Mighty River Power, Rotorua, New Zealand

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