Sketch of a Typical Geothermal Borehole (IMAGE)

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Sketch of a Typical Geothermal Borehole

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Sketch of a typical geothermal borehole, whose thermal conductivity differs from that of the surrounding ground. The left pop-out depicts the problem's asymptotic structure and application of sub-annual harmonic excitation.

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Miguel Hermanns and Santiago Ibáñez, <i>SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics</I>.

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