Fault Intersections and Hybrid Transform Faults in the Southern Salton Trough Geothermal Area, Baja California, Mexico
- Key words
- Exploration; Fault Zone; Geologic Maps; Seismic Events; Drilling; Geology; Fault Mapping; Cerro Prieto; Mexico; California; Baja; Salton Trough; Regional Assessment; Convection; Lineament; San Andreas; Imperial; LBL; CFE
- Location
- Cerro Prieto, Mexico; Salton Trough
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1979
- Session
- Exploration; Faults; Mapping; Geological surveys; Tectonics
- Language
- English
Abstract
Analysis of 55 wells drilled at the Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field and a suite of geological and geophysical studies throughout the southern Salton Trough from the Mexican-United States border to the Gulf of California clarify two concepts important to geothermal development: 1) increased natural convective fluid flow and better permeability should occur at intersecting faults both regionally and within a producing field, and 2) the Cerro Prieto and Imperial faults are best conceived of as hybrid types having features of both San Andreas style wrench faults and oceanic transform faults.
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