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DCIF Westerly Granite AE Stress Effect Test (Task 3-1)

Jul 08, 2021
216.62 MB
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Directional Cooling-Induced Fracturing (DCIF) experiments were conducted on rectangular Westerly granite blocks (width=depth=4.0", height=2.0"). Liquid nitrogen was poured in a small, 1"-diameter copper cup attached to the top of the sample, and the resulting acoustic emissions (A...
Authors
Nakagawa, S. and Trzeciak, M. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergythermal fracturingstress measurementfracturingprocessed datageophysicsstress testinggranitewesterly granitestressmicrofracturefracturedatatemperatureacoustic emissionacoustic emission locationacoustic emission rate

Utah FORGE: Fluid Injection-Rate Controls on Seismic Moment from Laboratory Fault Reactivation Experiments

Sep 16, 2025
5.43 GB
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This dataset contains experimental and acoustic data from shear reactivation tests that investigate the relationship between fluid-injection rate, pore pressure distribution, and seismic moment during laboratory fault slip. It includes raw mechanical data and acoustic emission rec...
Authors
Elsworth, D. et al Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyinduced seismicityegsgeomechanicsutah forgegranitoidlaboratory experimentsfault reactivationshear slipfluid injectioninjection ratepore pressurepore pressure distributionseismic momentacoustic emissionspermeabilitytriaxial testingshear stressaxial displacementpressure vesselmechinical datatime-series dataraw dataprocessed datamatlab

DCIF (Directional Cooling-Induced Fracturing) Westerly Granite AE Borehole Damage Effect Test (Task 3-0)

Jan 27, 2022
162.51 MB
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Directional Cooling-Induced Fracturing (DCIF) experiments were conducted on three rectangular Westerly granite blocks (width=depth=4.0", height=2.0") which were preheated to 200, 400, and 600 degree C to induce damage (microcracks) with varying degrees. Liquid nitrogen was poured...
Authors
Nakagawa, S. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergydirectional cooling induced fracturingdcifdirectional cooling-induced fracturingdamage effect testfracturemicrocrackthermal stressacoustic emissionaccousticsthermal fracturefailure testraw dataprocessed datastressbiaxial stresswesterly graniteborehole damage effecttestwesterlygranite

Directional Cooling-Induced Fracturing: Directional Cooling Data Under True-Triaxial Stress State

Jul 01, 2022
1.96 GB
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Data includes Directional Cooling-Induced Fracturing (DCIF) testing data using westerly granite blocks. This submission includes data from two samples of westerly granite, lab sample 7 and 8. Files contain stress, temperature and acoustic emission data acquired during polyaxial, l...
Authors
Trzeciak, M. University of Wisconsin Madison
geothermalenergystressstress testacoustic emissionaetriaxialtrue-triaxialdirectional coolinggranitewesterly granitesamplerocktestingtestdirectional cooling induced fracturingdciffracturingfailure

Utah FORGE: Laboratory Fault Reactivation and Permeability Evolution During Fluid Injection

Sep 15, 2025
182.35 GB
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This dataset contains results from controlled shear reactivation experiments performed on cylindrical Westerly and granitoid granite samples with a single inclined fracture. Laboratory faults were pre-loaded near failure and reactivated by fluid injection to examine relationships ...
Authors
Elsworth, D. et al Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyinduced seismicityutah forgewesterly granitegranitoidpermeabilityshear stimulationegsfault reactivationfluid injectionpermeability evolutionseismicityacoustic emissionssingle inclined fractureshear stresspore pressuretriaxial testingmechanical datageomechanicsraw dataprocessed dataacoustic data

Utah FORGE: Slide-Hold-Slide Experiments on Gneiss at Increased Temperature

Jul 25, 2023
4.1 GB
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Included are data from triaxial, single-inclined-fracture friction experiments. The experiments were performed with slide-hold-slide protocol on Utah FORGE gneiss at increased temperature. With a ~10 MPa normal stress, temperatures vary between experiments from room temperature u...
Authors
Eijsink, A. and Elsworth, D. Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyfrictionsingle inclined fractureslide-hold-slideacoustic dataacoustic emissionpassive acousticgeophysicsfracturereactivationgneissutah forgeegsfriction dataactive acousticvelocity data

Utah FORGE: Laboratory Data for Emergent Pore Pressure Heterogeneity Controlling Slip Timing and Microseismicity

Mar 02, 2026
45.1 MB
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Included are experimental data recorded from shear experiments that explore the effects of pore pressure heterogeneity on microseismic character and fault slip timing resulting from shear reactivation of laboratory faults. Raw mechanical and acoustic data from 15 experiments are i...
Authors
Elsworth, D. et al Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyinduced seismicitypore pressure heterogeneitygeomechanicsshear experimentsinjection rateutah forgeegsfault reactivationmicroseismicityacoustic emissionsfault slip timinglaboratory datatriaxial deformationgranitoid coresfluid injectionraw data

Strengthening Effects of Surface Chemistry on the Consolidation of Silicate-Based Geomaterials Experimental Data

Jun 21, 2024
129.66 MB
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This dataset contains experimental data and scanning electron microscope (SEM) images generated during a study on the effects of surface chemistry on the mechanical consolidation of silicate-based geomaterials. The experiments were performed at Sandia National Laboratories in Albu...
Authors
Choens, R. et al Sandia National Laboratories
energypowersurface chemistrychemistrygeomaterialssilicate-baseddatascanning electron microscopematerials sciencegeothermal energysandia national laboratoriesmaterial chemistry

Utah FORGE: Fault Shear Reactivation Experimental Data for Fluid Injection-Rate Controls on Seismic Moment

Nov 07, 2023
12.98 MB
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Included are experimental data recorded from shear experiments that specifically explore the link between fluid-injection rate and seismic moment resulting from shear reactivation of laboratory faults. Raw mechanical data from three experiments are included alongside corresponding...
Authors
Roseboom, M. et al Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyinduced seismicityinjection rateegsseismic momentgeomechanicsgeophysicsutah forgeshearmatlabshear experimentsraw datacodecore experimenttemcoconfining pressurepore pressureaxial pressureshear displacementfracturealong-fault pressureconstant shear stress

Reservoir Stimulation Optimization with Operational Monitoring for Creation of EGS

Sep 25, 2013
65.42 MB
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EGS field projects have not sustained production at rates greater than half of what is needed for economic viability. The primary limitation that makes commercial EGS infeasible is our current inability to cost-effectively create high-permeability reservoirs from impermeable, igne...
Authors
A., C. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
geothermalfracturing fluidmonitoringxmtnmracousticrheologypermeabilityegsigneous rock

Utah FORGE: Laboratory Shear Experiments Linking Fault Roughness, Friction, Permeability, and P-Wave Characteristics

Aug 20, 2025
23.22 GB
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This dataset contains results from five laboratory shear experiments on gneiss and granitoid samples from the Utah FORGE site, conducted at Penn State University. The experiments investigate links between fault surface roughness, frictional behavior, permeability, and P-wave acous...
Authors
Eijsink, A. et al Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyfrictionroughnessutah forgeegslaboratory datamodeled datashear experimentsfault mechanicspermeabilityp-waveacoustic transmissivityfault roughnessrate-and-state frictionbiaxial deformationgneissgranitoidoptical profilometrykeyencersfit3000mechanical dataacoustic datafault zone propertiesgeomechanicsrock physicsgeothermal reservoir characterization

Sample Data from a Distributed Acoustic Sensing Experiment at Garner Valley, California

Sep 10, 2013
133.84 MB
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In September 2013, an experiment using Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) was conducted at Garner Valley, a test site of the University of California Santa Barbara (Lancelle et al., 2014). This submission includes one 45 kN shear shaker (called "large shaker" on the basemap) test ...
Authors
Lancelle, C. University of Wisconsin
geothermalporotomodasmapaccelerometergeophonegarner valleycaliforniadistributed acoustic sensingfiber-opticfiber opticsvibroseisposterproject summary

Utah FORGE: Friction-Permeability-Seismicity Laboratory Experiments with Non-Linear Acoustics

Jul 08, 2022
7.68 MB
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Laboratory experimental data on saw-cut interface of Westerly Granite and Utah Forge granitoid rocks. Experiments include velocity-stepping and fluid pressure stepping experiments. Mechanical data from 3 ISCO pumps connected to a Temco pressure vessel measure axial, confining and ...
Authors
Eijsink, A. and Elsworth, D. Pennsylvania State University
geothermalutah forgefriction experimentsfault permeabilityutahacousticsnonlinear acousticsacoustic dataraw datapressurevelocitystep testtestfailuretesting

EGS Collab Experiment 2: Distributed Fiber Optic Acoustic Data (DAS)

May 28, 2024
212.2 TB
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Distributed fiber optic sensing was an important part of the monitoring system for EGS Collab Experiment #2. A single loop of custom fiber package was grouted into the four monitoring boreholes that bracketed the experiment volume. This fiber package contained two multi-mode fiber...
Authors
Rodriguez Tribaldos, V. and Hopp, C. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergyegs collabexperiment 2distributed acoustic sensingdassilixaidasterra15trebleoptasenseodh3hdf5tdmsraw datastrain ratemulti-mode fibersingle-mode fibergeophysics

Passive Seismic Emission Tomography Results at San Emidio Nevada

Dec 01, 2016
66.54 MB
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The utility of passive seismic emission tomography for mapping geothermal permeability has been tested at San Emidio in Nevada. The San Emidio study area overlaps a geothermal field in production since 1987 and another resource to the south of the production field. Passive seismic...
Authors
Warren, I. et al Ormat Technologies, Inc.
geothermalenergywholescalewaterholeobservationstresssystemspatialtemporalphysicsmodelinghydrologicthermalmechanicalgeospatial dataexcelp-wave velocity modelpassive seismicp-waveprocessed dataseismicvelocityhydrothermalsan emidiogeophysicspsetcharacteriztion

Utah FORGE 3-2417: DAS Microseismic Event Records From Circulation Test July 2023

Jul 09, 2025
17.07 GB
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This dataset contains distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) microseismic event triggers (waveforms) recorded during the 16A-16B circulation tests conducted at the Utah FORGE site in July 2023 as part of the FOGMORE R&D project (Utah FORGE Project 3-2417). Data were acquired using Sil...
Authors
Vera Rodriguez, I. et al Rice University
geothermalenergyutah forgeenhanced geothermal systemsegsdasdistributed acoustic sensingmicroseismiccirculation testfiber optic monitoringsilixa carinasilixa idas v2nanostrain rateseismic dataseg-yjuly 2023raw datatriggeredchannel map

DASH Slow Strain Rates from Brady Hot Springs Geothermal Field during PoroTomo Deployment Period

Jun 27, 2018
4.98 GB
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This submission contains slow strain rates summed to radians over 30 second intervals [rad/s] derived from horizontal distributed acoustic sensing measurements (DASH) of Brady geothermal field during PoroTomo deployment (2016-Mar-14 to 2016-Mar-26). There is one file correspondin...
Authors
Reinisch, E. et al University of Wisconsin
geothermaldashporotomoslow strainbrady hot springsdashorizontaldistributed acoustic sensingmatlabstrain ratestraincharacterizationgeophysicshydrothermalbradyprocessed datasoftwarerepositorytechnicalreportslow strain rate

Imperial Valley Dark Fiber Project Continuous DAS Data

Nov 10, 2020
1.09 TB
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The Imperial Valley Dark Fiber Project acquired Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) seismic data on a ~28 km segment of dark fiber between the cities of Calipatria and Imperial in the Imperial Valley, Southern California. Dark fiber refers to unused optical fiber cables in telecomm...
Authors
Ajo-Franklin, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergydistributed acoustic sensingdasimperial valleybrawleyhidden geothermal resourcesearthquakesseismicitytectonicssouthern californiaseismic datastrain rateseismic noisedark fiberdark fiber dassalton searaw datageothermal explorationtelecommunications fiberpythonhdf5jupyter notebookgeophysicsfiber optich5py

Utah FORGE: Neubrex Well 16B(78)-32 DAS Data April 2024

Oct 01, 2024
97.48 TB
Publicly accessible
This dataset comprises Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) data collected from the Utah FORGE monitoring well 16B(78)-32 (the producer well) during hydraulic fracture stimulation operations conducted in April 2024. The data were acquired continuously over the stimulation period at ...
Authors
Jurick, D. et al Neubrex Energy Services (US), LLC
geothermalenergydasacoustic sensingmicroseismiccrosswell strain ratefracture driven interactionsfdidistributed acoustic sensinginjection allocationstrain rateutah forgeegsstimulation16b 78-3216a 78-32mircroseismicityneubrexraw datahdf5h5time gated

Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) of Strain at Earth Tide Frequencies: Laboratory Tests

Jan 24, 2018
1.09 GB
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The solid Earth strains in response to the gravitational pull from the Moon, Sun, and other planetary bodies. Measuring the flexure of geologic material in response to these Earth tides provides information about the geomechanical properties of rock and sediment. Such measurements...
Authors
Coleman, T. and Becker, M. California State University
geothermalenergyearth tidedasdistributed acoustic sensingfiber optics sensorslow frequency straingeomechanicsmeasurementmatlabegslab testsfracturecharacterizationhydraulicstimulation strain

Seismic Survey 2016 Metadata at San Emidio, Nevada

Dec 05, 2016
54.86 MB
Publicly accessible
1301 Vertical Component seismic instruments were deployed at San Emidio Geothermal field in Nevada in December 2016. The first record starts at 2016-12-05T02:00:00.000000Z (UTC) and the last record ends at 2016-12-11T14:00:59.998000Z (UTC). Data are stored in individual files in o...
Authors
Lord, N. et al University of Wisconsin
geothermalenergywholescalewaterholeobservationstresssystemspatialtemporalphysicsmodelinghydrologicthermalmechanicalseismicseismicitydatametadatasurveynevadareporttechnical specificationintrumentationspecsspecspecifications

Processed Lab Data for Neural Network-Based Shear Stress Level Prediction

May 14, 2021
6.01 MB
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Machine learning can be used to predict fault properties such as shear stress, friction, and time to failure using continuous records of fault zone acoustic emissions. The files are extracted features and labels from lab data (experiment p4679). The features are extracted with a n...
Authors
Marone, C. et al Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergymatlabgeophysicsseismiccodeprocessed datamicroseismicityaiartificial intelligencedeep learningmachine learningacousticsacoustic emissionsseismic forcastingseismic predictionfaultfault propertiesshear stresstime to failureexperimentexperimental datalab databiaxial shear experimentbiaxial shear apparatusfriction

Utah FORGE: Fault Reactivation Through Fluid Injection Induced Seismicity Laboratory Experiments

Jul 01, 2023
119.91 MB
Publicly accessible
Included are results from shear reactivation experiments on laboratory faults pre-loaded close to failure and reactivated by the injection of fluid into the fault. The sample comprises a single-inclined-fracture (SIF) transecting a cylindrical sample of Westerly granite. All expe...
Authors
Yu, J. et al Pennsylvania State University
energyinduced seismicityegsutah forgewesterly graniteraw datacodematlabfault activationinjection testpressureflow ratereactivationshearfluid

Greenhouse Gas emissions from California Geothermal Power Plants

Mar 14, 2014
42.11 kB
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The information given in this file represents greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and corresponding emission rates for California flash and dry steam geothermal power plants. This stage of the life cycle is the fuel use component of the fuel cycle and arises during plant operation. Des...
Authors
Sullivan, J. Argonne National Laboratory
geothermalgreenhouse gas emissionscalifornia geothermal plantslife cycle assessmentelectricity generatedlca

Utah FORGE: Pump and Probe Test on an Intact Westerly Granite Sample

May 21, 2024
3.95 GB
Publicly accessible
This dataset contains results from a pump and probe experiment conducted on an intact Westerly Granite sample with a diameter of 1 inch and a height of 1 3/8 inches. The experiment was performed within an aluminum triaxial pressure vessel (TEMCO) to investigate the non-linear acou...
Authors
Klinghammer, H. et al Pennsylvania State University
utahtriaxialacousticsexperimentconfiningaxialprobingtransducerverasonicstemcoraw datalvdtpump and probegeomechanicsgeophysicswesterly graniteaxial pressure
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