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Preliminary evaluation of geothermal resources of South Texas

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5557440· OSTI ID:5557440
Studies on the following are summarized: regional distribution of Frio sands, South Texas; depositional patterns, Gulf-Coast Tertiary; growth faults, mechanisms for downdip thickening; the approach to obtaining sand distribution; reliable correlations from regional cross sections; depositional systems from sand-percentage maps; geopressured Frio related to sand distribution; isothermal maps; and conclusons and potential geothermal fairways. (MHR)
Research Organization:
Texas Univ., Austin (USA). Bureau of Economic Geology
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
5557440
Report Number(s):
ORO-4766-1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
150201* -- Geology & Hydrology of Geothermal Systems-- USA-- (-1989)
DEPOSITS
DISTRIBUTION
GEOLOGIC FAULTS
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
GEOLOGY
GEOPRESSURED SYSTEMS
GULF COAST
Geothermal Legacy
MAPS
METAMORPHIC ROCKS
NORTH AMERICA
ROCKS
SAND
SHALES
SOUTHWEST REGION
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
TEXAS
USA