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Fig. 5 | Geothermal Energy

Fig. 5

From: Three-dimensional geologic mapping to assess geothermal potential: examples from Nevada and Oregon

Fig. 5

3D fault mapping. This example shows the process of interpreting and digitizing one fault from Astor Pass (Siler et al. 2016a). Seismic reflection interpretation (orange cubes), the occurrence of fault gouge/slickenlines in cuttings, losses of circulation during drilling (green and red discs on the well paths), and geologic map data (purple cubes at the surface) are ‘hard’ data that control the geometry of the 3D fault surface (gray, transparent). ‘Soft’ data (blue cube) constrains the fault geometry distal to the hard data, such that strike and dip remain consistent with the hard data along the entire length of the fault

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