The development of a comprehensive regional digital geospatial database for geothermal exploration in the West-Central Great Basin, U.S.A.
- Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
The Earth Sciences and Resources Institute, Geomatics Laboratory, (EGL), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah, has compiled and initiated the use of a comprehensive digital geospatial database for geothermal exploration in the west-central Great Basin, U.S.A. The database consists of hydrothermal alteration, lineament, recent earthquake, aeromagnetic, gravity, hot spring, mining district, heat flow, geochemical, and geologic unit digital maps in a GIS format. Several problems were encountered during the development of this geospatial database. These primarily included (1) data availability and coverage of the study area, (2) data accuracy (both spatial and thematic), (3) inconsistent data formats, and (4) a lack of metadata. These problems were all overcome satisfactorily. The data are currently being used to create a regional geothermal potential model for the study area.
- OSTI ID:
- 263439
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960203-; TRN: 96:002807-0022
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 11. thematic conference on geologic remote sensing, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 27-29 Feb 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the eleventh thematic conference - geologic remote sensing: Practical solutions for real world problems. Volume 2; PB: 730 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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