Dating thermal events at Cerro Prieto using fission track annealing

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

OSTI ID:891299

Sanford, S J; Elders, W

Data from laboratory experiments and geologic fading studies were compiled from published sources to produce lines of iso-annealing for apatite in time-temperature space. Fission track ages were calculated for samples from two wells at Cerro Prieto, one with an apparently simple and one with an apparently complex thermal history. Temperatures were estimated by empirical vitrinite reflectance geothermometry, fluid inclusion homogenization and oxygen isotope equilibrium. These estimates were compared with logs of measured borehole temperatures.

• Research Organization: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Riverside,
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 891299
• Report Number(s): LBL-11967; CONF-810399-8; TRN: US200622%%466
• Resource Relation: Conference: 3. symposium on the Cerro Prieto geothermal field in Baja California, Mexico, San Francisco, CA, USA, Mar 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
AGE ESTIMATION
ANNEALING
APATITES
BOREHOLES
CERRO PRIETO GEOTHERMAL FIELD
FISSION TRACKS
GEOTHERMOMETRY
OXYGEN ISOTOPES
VITRINITE
Geothermal Legacy