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Measured Crustal Strain, Cerro Prieto Field, Baja California, Mexico

Bruce L. Massey

Location
Cerro Prieto, Mexico
Conference
DOE-CFE Symposium on Cerro Prieto
Year
1979
Session
Subsidence
Language
English

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Abstract

The first resurvey of both the regional and local horizontal-control networks established in 1978 in the Cerro Prieto geothermal area indicate that ground-surface movement is occurring. The portion of the local net covering the geothermal production zone shows a NWSE contraction that may be as great as 31 micro strain/year. The regional net resurvey showed a small expansion on all axes with a maximum of about 0.7 micro strain/year in a NE-SW direction.

EI segundo relevamiento de las redes regional y local de control horizontal, establecidas en el area geotermica de Cerro Prieto en 1978, indica la existencia de desplazamientos superficiales. La pore ion de la red local que cubre la zona de produccion geotermica muestra una contraccion NO-SE que puede llegar a 31 micro de deformacion por alio. EI relevamiento de la red regional evidencia una pequena expansion sobre todos los ejes con un maximo de alrededor de 0.7 micro de deformacion por ano en direccion NE-SO.

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