Development of a low cost method to estimate the seismic signature of a geothermal field form ambient noise analysis.
- Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV (United States)
A new, cost effective and non-invasive exploration method using ambient seismic noise has been tested at Soda Lake, NV, with promising results. The material included in this report demonstrates that, with the advantage of initial S-velocity models estimated from ambient noise surface waves, the seismic reflection survey, although with lower resolution, reproduces the results of the active survey when the ambient seismic noise is not contaminated by strong cultural noise. Ambient noise resolution is less at depth (below 1000m) compared to the active survey. In general, the results are promising and useful information can be recovered from ambient seismic noise, including dipping features and fault locations.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Contributing Organization:
- Optim Inc., Geologica
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0005518
- OSTI ID:
- 1340606
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-UNR-0005518
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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