Marine and land active-source seismic imaging of mid-Miocene to Holocene-aged faulting near geothermal prospects at Pyramid Lake, Nevada
- UNR
- UCSD
- USGS
- Optim
Amy Eisses, Annie Kell, Graham Kent, Neal Driscoll, Robert Karlin, Rob Baskin, John Louie, and Satish Pullammanappallil, 2011, Marine and land active-source seismic imaging of mid-Miocene to Holocene-aged faulting near geothermal prospects at Pyramid Lake, Nevada: Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, 35, 7 pp. Preprint at http://crack.seismo.unr.edu/geothermal/Eisses-GRCpaper-sm.pdf The Pyramid Lake fault zone lies within a vitally important area of the northern Walker Lane where not only can transtension can be studied through a complex arrangement of strike-slip and normal faults but also geothermal activity can be examined in the extensional regime for productivity. This study used advanced and economical seismic methods in attempt to develop the Paiute Tribe’s geothermal reservoir and to expand upon the tectonics and earthquake hazard knowledge of the area. 500 line-kilometers of marine CHIRP data were collected on Pyramid Lake combined with 27 kilometers of vibrator seismic on-land data from the northwest side of the basin were collected in 2010 that highlighted two distinct phases of faulting. Preliminary results suggest that the geothermal fluids in the area are controlled by the late Pleistoceneto Holocene-aged faults and not through the mid-Miocene-aged conduits as originally hypothesized.
- Research Organization:
- Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Contributing Organization:
- USGS, UCSD, Optim
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0002842
- OSTI ID:
- 1111717
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-Pyramid-2842-jl01; 0193-5933; ISBN; 0-934412-96-0
- Journal Information:
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, Vol. 35; Conference: Geothermal Resources Council 2011 Annual Meeting, October 23-26, 2011, San Diego, California
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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