Active fault controls at high-temperature geothermal sites: Prospecting for new faults

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 33, Issue , 2009, Pages 377-381

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exploration tool; Geothermal resource potential; Seismically active faults

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BASIN AND RANGE; COMPLEX PATTERN; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CRUSTAL DEPTH; EXTENSIONAL STRAIN; FAULT MOVEMENT; FAULT SYSTEM; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; GEOTHERMAL SITES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOLOCENES; SEISMICALLY ACTIVE FAULTS; THERMAL WATERS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; HOT SPRINGS; LANDFORMS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

EID: 77952607130     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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