Structural controls of a blind geothermal system in the northern Pyramid Lake area, northwestern Nevada

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 31, Issue , 2007, Pages 133-137

  Vice, Garrett S ^a   Faulds, James E ^a   Ehni, William J ^b   Coolbaugh, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Ehni Enterprises Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind geothermal system; Nevada; Pyramid Lake; Structural controls

Indexed keywords

BLIND GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; FAULT INTERACTIONS; FAULT ZONES; GREAT BASIN; MIOCENE; NEVADA; NORMAL FAULTS; PLEISTOCENE; PYRAMID LAKE; STRUCTURAL CONTROLS; WALKER LANE;

BASALT; BUILDINGS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; GRANITE; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HOT SPRINGS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); INTERSECTIONS; LAKES; PUMPS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TOWERS;

GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS;

EID: 58449137192     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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