Exploring the relationship between geothermal resources and geodetically inferred faults slip rates in the great basin

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 31, Issue , 2007, Pages 391-395

  Hammond, William C ^a   Kreemer, Corné ^a   Blewitt, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy resources; Fault slip rates; Geodesy; Geothermal; GPS; Great basin; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP RATES; FAULT SURFACES; FUTURE MODELS; GEOTHERMAL; GPS; GPS DATA; GREAT BASIN; SLIP RATES; VELOCITY FIELDS; WALKER LANE;

EARTHQUAKES; ENERGY RESOURCES; GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; PUMPS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SEISMOLOGY; SURVEYING; TECTONICS;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 58449103017     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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