Geology of the Emigrant geothermal prospect, Esmeralda County, Nevada

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 29, Issue , 2005, Pages 369-380

  Hulen, Jeffrey B ^a   Nash, Gregory D ^a   Deymonaz, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Fish Lake Green Power Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Data fusion; Detachment faults; Displacement transfer; Drilling targets; Emigrant; Fish Lake Valley fault zone; Geologic mapping; Geothermal system; GIS; Low angle normal faults; Metamorphic core complex; Pull apart; Remote sensing; Silver Peak Range

Indexed keywords

DATA FUSION; DISPLACEMENT TRANSFER; DRILLING TARGETS; EMIGRANT; FISH LAKE VALLEY FAULT ZONE; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; PULL-APART; SILVER PEAK RANGE;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; REMOTE SENSING; ROCKS; SILICA; SLIP FORMING; SULFUR DEPOSITS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

EID: 33744810144     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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