Structural controls of lee hot springs, Southern Churchill County, Western Nevada: A small pull-apart in the dextral shear zone of the Walker Lane

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 32, Issue , 2008, Pages 245-249

  Hinz, Nicholas H ^a   Faulds, James E ^a   Oppliger, Gary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blow sand mountains; Desert mountains; Geothermal; Lee Hot Springs; Nevada; Normal faults; Pull apart; Strike slip faults; Walker lane; White throne mountains

Indexed keywords

BLOW SAND MOUNTAINS; DESERT MOUNTAINS; GEOTHERMAL; LEE HOT SPRINGS; NEVADA; NORMAL FAULTS; PULL-APART; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; WALKER LANE; WHITE THRONE MOUNTAINS;

AGRICULTURE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HOT SPRINGS; LANDFORMS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS;

EID: 70249134068     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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