Active faults and neotectonics at geothermal sites in the western Basin and range: Preliminary results

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 31, Issue , 2007, Pages 375-378

  Bell, John W ^a   Ramelli, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active faults; High temperature geothermal sites; Neotectonics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULTS; BASIN-AND-RANGE; CLOSE PROXIMITY; FAULT STRUCTURES; FIELD INVESTIGATIONS; GREAT BASIN; HIGH-TEMPERATURE GEOTHERMAL SITES; HOLOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; STRAIN RELEASE; SURFACE RUPTURES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; PUMPS; REMOTE SENSING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 58449103016     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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