Basin and Range Structure in Dixie Valley Nevada

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Basin and Range Structure in Dixie Valley Nevada
Geothermal Laboratory Southerm Methodist
U. Dallas, Texas
David Blackwell Ken Wisian Jason McKenna Mark
Leidig
Support by Caithmess, Oxbow, USDOE
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Louie, Caskey, Wesnousky, 1999
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Classic BR shear fault dip model, Beniot, 1992)
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Listric Model, proposed for 1954 DV earthquake
and DVPF
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Details of Listric Model
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Evidence for Listric Fault, Abbott et al., 2001
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What are they supposed to look like?
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Residual Bouguer Gravity, Aeromag, 1954
Break young faults, Deep Wells Geothermal Systems
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Natural State Flow Model, Deep Flow is Required
to Reach 285C
(pressure contours dashed)
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CharacteristicsofShallowThermal
AnomaliesBasin andRangeSystems
What do they look like in Dixie Valley?
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To Be Continued