Field Mapping At Coso Geothermal Area (2001-2003)

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

Exploration Activity: Field Mapping At Coso Geothermal Area (2001-2003)

Exploration Activity Details
Location	Coso Geothermal Area
Exploration Technique	Field Mapping
Activity Date	2001 - 2003
Usefulness	not indicated
DOE-funding	Unknown

 

Exploration Basis

Determine structural control on permeability and fluid production

 

Notes

New multifold seismic reflection data from the Coso geothermal field in the central Coso Range, eastern California, image brittle faults and other structures in a zone of localized crustal extension between two major strike-slip faults. Production in the Coso field primarily occurs in the hanging walls of the listric faults.

 

References

• Unruh, J. (1 January 2001) NEW SEISMIC IMAGING OF THE COSO GEOTHERMAL FIELD, EASTERN CALIFORNIA

• Unruh, J.; Monastero, F.; Pullammanappallil, S.; Honjas, W.   (1 January 2002) Upper crustal faulting in an obliquely extending orogen, structural control on permeability and production in the Coso Geothermal Field, eastern California

• Unruh, J.R.   (1 November 2003) Upper crustal structure of an obliquely extending orogen, central Coso Range, eastern California