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Title: Shallow hydrothermal regime of the East Brawley and Glamis known geothermal resource areas, Salton Trough, California

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5119216· OSTI ID:5119216

Thermal gradients and thermal conductivities were obtained in real time using an in situ heat-flow technique in 15 shallow (90 to 150 m) wells drilled between Brawley and Glamis in the Imperial Valley, Southern California. The in situ measurements were supplemented by follow-up conventional temperature logs in seven of the wells and by laboratory measurements of thermal conductivity on drill cuttings. The deltaic sedimentary material comprising the upper approx. 100 m of the Salton Trough generally is poorly sorted and high in quartz resulting in quite high thermal conductivities (averaging 2.0 Wm/sup -1/ K/sup -1/ as opposed to 1.2 to 1.7 for typical alluvium). A broad heat-flow anomaly with maximum of about 200 mWm/sup -2/ (approx. 5 HFU) is centered between Glamis and East Brawley and is superimposed on a regional heat-flow high in excess of 100 mWm/sup -2/ (> 2.5 HFU). The heat-flow high corresponds with a gravity maximum and partially with a minimum in electrical resistivity, suggesting the presence of a hydrothermal system at depth in this area.

Research Organization:
Geological Survey, Washington, DC (USA)
OSTI ID:
5119216
Report Number(s):
USGS-OFR-81-834; ON: DE82906219
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English