Geothermal resources in the Black Rock Desert, Utah: MT and gravity surveys

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 36 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 903-906

  Hardwick, Christian L ^a,b   Chapman, David S ^b  

^a UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Rock Desert; Exploration; Geophysics; Geothermal; Gravity; Heat flow; Magnetotellurics; Pavant Butte; Sevier Desert; Sevier thermal anomaly

Indexed keywords

BLACK ROCK DESERT; GEOTHERMAL; PAVANT BUTTE; SEVIER DESERT; THERMAL ANOMALIES;

BUILDINGS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GRAVITATION; HEAT TRANSFER; LANDFORMS; MAGNETOTELLURICS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ROCKS;

EID: 84876230774     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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