Slip and Dilation Tendency Analysis of the Patua Geothermal Area
Critically stressed fault segments have a relatively high likelihood of acting as fluid flow conduits (Sibson, 1994). As such, the tendency of a fault segment to slip or to dilate provides an indication of which faults or fault segments within a geothermal system are critically stressed and therefore likely to transmit geothermal fluids.
Slip and dilation were calculated using 3DStress (Southwest Research Institute).
Slip and dilation tendency are both unitless ratios of the resolved stresses applied to the fault plane by ambient stress conditions. Values range from a maximum of 1, a fault plane ideally oriented to slip or dilate under ambient stress conditions to zero, a fault plane with no potential to slip or dilate. Slip and dilation tendency values were calculated for each fault in the focus study areas at, McGinness Hills, Neal Hot Springs, Patua, Salt Wells, San Emidio, and Tuscarora on fault traces.
Stress Magnitudes and directions
Stress field variation within each focus area was approximated based on regional published data and the world stress database as well as local stress information.
Slip and dilation tendency analysis for the Patua geothermal system was calculated based on faults mapped in the Hazen Quadrangle (Faulds et al., 2011). Patua lies near the margin between the Basin and Range province, which is characterized by west-northwest directed extension and the Walker Lane province, characterized by west-northwest directed dextral shear. As such, the Patua area likely has been affected by tectonic stress associated with either or both of stress regimes over geologic time. In order to characterize this stress variation we calculated slip tendency at Patua for both normal faulting and strike slip faulting stress regimes. Dilation tendency results for a strike-slip faulting stress regime and for a normal faulting stress regime are virtually identical, so we present one result for dilation tendency applicable to both strike-slip and normal faulting stress conditions along with slip tendency for both a normal faulting and a strike-slip faulting stress regime. Under these stress conditions, north-northeast striking steeply dipping fault segments have the highest dilation tendency. Under the strike-slip faulting stress regime, north-northwest and east-northeast striking, steeply dipping fault have the highest slip tendency, while under normal faulting conditions north northeast striking, 60 degrees dipping faults have the highest slip tendency.
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AB - Critically stressed fault segments have a relatively high likelihood of acting as fluid flow conduits (Sibson, 1994). As such, the tendency of a fault segment to slip or to dilate provides an indication of which faults or fault segments within a geothermal system are critically stressed and therefore likely to transmit geothermal fluids.
Slip and dilation were calculated using 3DStress (Southwest Research Institute).
Slip and dilation tendency are both unitless ratios of the resolved stresses applied to the fault plane by ambient stress conditions. Values range from a maximum of 1, a fault plane ideally oriented to slip or dilate under ambient stress conditions to zero, a fault plane with no potential to slip or dilate. Slip and dilation tendency values were calculated for each fault in the focus study areas at, McGinness Hills, Neal Hot Springs, Patua, Salt Wells, San Emidio, and Tuscarora on fault traces.
Stress Magnitudes and directions
Stress field variation within each focus area was approximated based on regional published data and the world stress database as well as local stress information.
Slip and dilation tendency analysis for the Patua geothermal system was calculated based on faults mapped in the Hazen Quadrangle (Faulds et al., 2011). Patua lies near the margin between the Basin and Range province, which is characterized by west-northwest directed extension and the Walker Lane province, characterized by west-northwest directed dextral shear. As such, the Patua area likely has been affected by tectonic stress associated with either or both of stress regimes over geologic time. In order to characterize this stress variation we calculated slip tendency at Patua for both normal faulting and strike slip faulting stress regimes. Dilation tendency results for a strike-slip faulting stress regime and for a normal faulting stress regime are virtually identical, so we present one result for dilation tendency applicable to both strike-slip and normal faulting stress conditions along with slip tendency for both a normal faulting and a strike-slip faulting stress regime. Under these stress conditions, north-northeast striking steeply dipping fault segments have the highest dilation tendency. Under the strike-slip faulting stress regime, north-northwest and east-northeast striking, steeply dipping fault have the highest slip tendency, while under normal faulting conditions north northeast striking, 60 degrees dipping faults have the highest slip tendency.
AU - E., James
DB - Geothermal Data Repository
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO - 10.15121/1136720
KW - geothermal
KW - Patua Geothermal Area
KW - Slip Tendency Analysis
KW - Dilation Tendency Analysis
KW - Patua
KW - faulting
KW - faults
KW - stress
KW - fluid dlow conduits
KW - ambient stress
KW - shapefile
KW - shape file
KW - GIS
KW - ArcGIS
KW - geospatial data
KW - data
LA - English
DA - 2013/12/31
PY - 2013
PB - University of Nevada
T1 - Slip and Dilation Tendency Analysis of the Patua Geothermal Area
UR - https://doi.org/10.15121/1136720
ER -
E., James. Slip and Dilation Tendency Analysis of the Patua Geothermal Area. University of Nevada, 31 December, 2013, Geothermal Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15121/1136720.
E., J. (2013). Slip and Dilation Tendency Analysis of the Patua Geothermal Area. [Data set]. Geothermal Data Repository. University of Nevada. https://doi.org/10.15121/1136720
E., James. Slip and Dilation Tendency Analysis of the Patua Geothermal Area. University of Nevada, December, 31, 2013. Distributed by Geothermal Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15121/1136720
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Slip and dilation were calculated using 3DStress (Southwest Research Institute).
Slip and dilation tendency are both unitless ratios of the resolved stresses applied to the fault plane by ambient stress conditions. Values range from a maximum of 1, a fault plane ideally oriented to slip or dilate under ambient stress conditions to zero, a fault plane with no potential to slip or dilate. Slip and dilation tendency values were calculated for each fault in the focus study areas at, McGinness Hills, Neal Hot Springs, Patua, Salt Wells, San Emidio, and Tuscarora on fault traces.
Stress Magnitudes and directions
Stress field variation within each focus area was approximated based on regional published data and the world stress database as well as local stress information.
Slip and dilation tendency analysis for the Patua geothermal system was calculated based on faults mapped in the Hazen Quadrangle (Faulds et al., 2011). Patua lies near the margin between the Basin and Range province, which is characterized by west-northwest directed extension and the Walker Lane province, characterized by west-northwest directed dextral shear. As such, the Patua area likely has been affected by tectonic stress associated with either or both of stress regimes over geologic time. In order to characterize this stress variation we calculated slip tendency at Patua for both normal faulting and strike slip faulting stress regimes. Dilation tendency results for a strike-slip faulting stress regime and for a normal faulting stress regime are virtually identical, so we present one result for dilation tendency applicable to both strike-slip and normal faulting stress conditions along with slip tendency for both a normal faulting and a strike-slip faulting stress regime. Under these stress conditions, north-northeast striking steeply dipping fault segments have the highest dilation tendency. Under the strike-slip faulting stress regime, north-northwest and east-northeast striking, steeply dipping fault have the highest slip tendency, while under normal faulting conditions north northeast striking, 60 degrees dipping faults have the highest slip tendency.
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https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1136720
Details
Data from Dec 31, 2013
Last updated May 17, 2022
Submitted Mar 21, 2014
Organization
University of Nevada
Contact
James E. Faulds
775.682.8751
Authors
Keywords
geothermal, Patua Geothermal Area, Slip Tendency Analysis, Dilation Tendency Analysis, Patua, faulting, faults, stress, fluid dlow conduits, ambient stress, shapefile, shape file, GIS, ArcGIS, geospatial data, dataDOE Project Details
Project Name Recovery Act: Characterizing Structural Controls of EGS-Candidate and Conventional Geothermal Reservoirs in the Great Basin: Developing Successful Exploration Strategies in Extended Terranes
Project Lead Mark Ziegenbein
Project Number EE0002748