Scaled sandbox modeling of transtensional pull-apart basins - Applications to the coso geothermal system

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 28, Issue , 2004, Pages 637-641

  Dooley, Tim ^a   Monastero, Francis C ^b   Hall, Bethiah ^b   McClay, Ken ^c   Whitehouse, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coso geothermal system; Cross basin fault zone; Intra basin horst; Sidewall fault zones; Transtensional pull apart

Indexed keywords

COSO GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS (CGS); CROSS-BASIN FAULT ZONES (CBFZ); INTRA-BASIN HORST; SIDEWALL FAULT ZONES; TRANSTENSIONAL PULL-APART;

BRITTLENESS; CATCHMENTS; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SCANNING; SILICONES; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); TECTONICS;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

EID: 17644394154     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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