Nevada Great Basin Play Fairway Analysis - Reports & Appendices

This project focused on defining geothermal play fairways and development of a detailed geothermal potential map of a large transect across the Great Basin region (96,000 km2), with the primary objective of facilitating discovery of commercial-grade, blind geothermal fields (i.e. systems with no surface hot springs or fumaroles) and thereby accelerating geothermal development in this promising region. Data included in this submission consists of: structural settings (target areas, recency of faulting, slip and dilation potential, slip rates, quality), regional-scale strain rates, earthquake density and magnitude, gravity data, temperature at 3 km depth, permeability models, favorability models, degree of exploration and exploration opportunities, data from springs and wells, transmission lines and wilderness areas, and published maps and theses for the Nevada Play Fairway area.

本课题致力于界定地热潜力区块并编制大盆地（总面积达96,000平方公里）地热潜力详图，旨在促进商业级盲地热田（即无地表温泉或喷气孔的系统）的发现，从而加速该地区地热资源的开发。本提交的数据包括：构造环境（目标区域、断层活动新近性、滑动及膨胀潜力、滑动速率、质量）、区域尺度应变率、地震密度及震级、重力数据、3公里深度处的温度、渗透率模型、有利性模型、勘探程度及勘探机会、泉水和井口数据、输电线路及荒野区域数据，以及内华达州地热潜力区块的已发布地图和论文。