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Kristie Mclin - Graduate Student

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Email: kmclin@egi.utah.edu

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Professional Research Interests and Expertise:

  • Geothermal geochemistry
  • Geochemical modeling
Education:

  • 2000 B.Sc. Geology with Geochemistry option, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
  • 2004 M.Sc. Geochemistry, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
  • Currently studying for Ph.D. Geology, University of Utah
Honors/Awards:

  • 2011 AAPG student Expo Best Poster Award, 3rd Place for "Geochemical Modeling of water-rock-proppant interactions in enchanced geothermal systems."
  • 2010 Geothermal Resources Council Best Presentation Award, for "The chemical and thermal stability of proppants under geothermal conditions."
  • 2006 Geothermal Resources Council Best Student Paper Award, 2nd place, for "Modeling the geochemical effects of injection at Salton Sea Geothermal Field, California: comparison with field observations."
Publications:

  • McLin, K.S., Brinton, D., Moore, J.N. (2011) “Geochemical modeling of water-rock-proppant interactions.” Proceedings, 36th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering
  • McLin, K.S., Brinton, D., Mandalaparty, P., Jones, C., Moore, J.N. (2010) “The chemical and thermal stability of proppants under geothermal conditions.” Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, v. 34, 397-402
  • McLin, K.S., Moore, J.N., Park, J., Norman, D.I. (2008) “Mineralogy and fluid inclusion gas geochemistry of production well scale deposits at the Dixie Valley Geothermal Field, USA.” Proceedings, 34th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering
  • McLin, K.S., Kovac, K.M., Moore, J.N., Kaspereit, D., Berard, B., Xu, T., McLin, R.H., Hulen, J.B. (2006) “Modeling the Geochemical Effects of injection at Salton Sea geothermal field, California: comparison with field observations.” Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, v. 30,507-511
  • McLin, K.S., Moore, J.N., Hulen, J., Bowman, J.R., Berard, B. (2006) “Mineral characterization of scale deposits in injection wells; Coso and Salton Sea geothermal fields, CA.” Proceedings, 31st Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering
  • McLin, K.S., Kovac, K.M., Moore, J.N., Adams, M.C., Xu, T. (2006) “Modeling the Geochemical Effects of Injection at Coso Geothermal Field, CA; Comparison with Field Observations” Proceedings, 31st Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering