Structural Data for the Columbus Salt Marsh Geothermal Area - GIS Data
Shapefiles and spreadsheets of structural data, including attitudes of faults and strata and slip orientations of faults.
- Detailed geologic mapping of ~30 km2 was completed in the vicinity of the Columbus Marsh geothermal field to obtain critical structural data that would elucidate the structural controls of this field.
- Documenting E- to ENE-striking left lateral faults and N- to NNE-striking normal faults.
- Some faults cut Quaternary basalts.
- This field appears to occupy a displacement transfer zone near the eastern end of a system of left-lateral faults. ENE-striking sinistral faults diffuse into a system of N- to NNE-striking normal faults within the displacement transfer zone.
- Columbus Marsh therefore corresponds to an area of enhanced extension and contains a nexus of fault intersections, both conducive for geothermal activity.
Citation Formats
University of Nevada. (2011). Structural Data for the Columbus Salt Marsh Geothermal Area - GIS Data [data set]. Retrieved from https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1136716.
E., James. Structural Data for the Columbus Salt Marsh Geothermal Area - GIS Data. United States: N.p., 31 Dec, 2011. Web. doi: 10.15121/1136716.
E., James. Structural Data for the Columbus Salt Marsh Geothermal Area - GIS Data. United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1136716
E., James. 2011. "Structural Data for the Columbus Salt Marsh Geothermal Area - GIS Data". United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1136716. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/373.
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- Detailed geologic mapping of ~30 km2 was completed in the vicinity of the Columbus Marsh geothermal field to obtain critical structural data that would elucidate the structural controls of this field.
- Documenting E- to ENE-striking left lateral faults and N- to NNE-striking normal faults.
- Some faults cut Quaternary basalts.
- This field appears to occupy a displacement transfer zone near the eastern end of a system of left-lateral faults. ENE-striking sinistral faults diffuse into a system of N- to NNE-striking normal faults within the displacement transfer zone.
- Columbus Marsh therefore corresponds to an area of enhanced extension and contains a nexus of fault intersections, both conducive for geothermal activity.}, doi = {10.15121/1136716}, url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/373}, journal = {}, number = , volume = , place = {United States}, year = {2011}, month = {12}}
https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1136716
Details
Data from Dec 31, 2011
Last updated Jun 7, 2017
Submitted Mar 23, 2014
Organization
University of Nevada
Contact
James E. Faulds
775.682.8751
Authors
Original Source
https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/373Research Areas
Keywords
geothermal, Columbus Salt Marsh Geothermal Area, Structural Data, Structural Controls, GIS data, geospatial data, shapefiles, faults, faulting, strata, stratigraphy, shapefile, shape file, slip orientation, slip, geology, geologic map, Columbus Marsh, structural geology, GIS, ArcGISDOE Project Details
Project Name Recovery Act: Characterizing Structural Controls of EGS-Candidate and Conventional Geothermal Reservoirs in the Great Basin: Developing Successful Exploration Strategies in Extended Terranes
Project Lead Mark Ziegenbein
Project Number EE0002748
