Results of the first order leveling surveys in the Mexicali Valley and at the Cerro Prieto field

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:7369403

de la Pena L, A.

The results obtained from the third leveling survey carried out by the Direccion General de Geografia del Territorio Nacional (previously DETENAL) during November and December 1979 are presented. Calculations of the changes in field elevation and plots showing comparisons of the 1977, 1978, and 1979 surveys are also presented. Results from a second order leveling survey performed to ascertain the extent of ground motion resulting from the 8 June 1980 earthquake are presented. This magnitude ML = 6.7 earthquake with epicenter located 15 km southeast of the Guadalupe Victoria village, caused fissures on the surface, the formation of small sand volcanos, and the ejection of ground water in the vicinity of the Cerro Prieto field. This leveling survey was carried out between benchmark BN-10067 at the intersection of the Solfatara canal and the Sonora-Baja California railroad, and benchmark BN-10055 located at the Delta station.

• Research Organization: Comision Federal de Electricidad, Mexicali, Mexico
• OSTI ID: 7369403
• Report Number(s): LBL-11967; CONF-810399-18; ON: DE82019261
• Resource Relation: Conference: 3. symposium on the Cerro Prieto geothermal field in Baja California, Mexico, San Francisco, CA, USA, Mar 1981; Related Information: In: Proceedings: third symposium on the Cerro Prieto geothermal field, Baja California, Mexico, by
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
CERRO PRIETO GEOTHERMAL FIELD
GROUND SUBSIDENCE
EARTHQUAKES
GEOLOGIC FISSURES
LEVEL INDICATORS
MEXICO
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
GEOTHERMAL FIELDS
LATIN AMERICA
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NORTH AMERICA
SEISMIC EVENTS
Geothermal Legacy
150600* - Geothermal Energy- Environmental Aspects