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V@ndy87

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on: Jul 26, 2018
Explain what a hydrothermal resource is.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What is a geyser?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


kardosa007

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Reply #1 on: Jul 26, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A hot, wet geothermal resource useful for its stored thermal energy

Answer to Question 2

Geysers are natural hot springs that reach temperatures high enough to boil and intermittently eject a column of water and steam into the air. Water is superheated and when the pressure is released at the top, an eruption occurs.


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