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Detachment Faulting and Geothermal Resources - An Innovative Integrated Geological and Geophysical Investigation of Pearl Hot Spring, Nevada CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.1, B3.6 Date: 01/08/2013 Location(s): Nevada Offices(s): Golden Field Office

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January 8, 2013
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Detachment Faulting and Geothermal Resources - An Innovative Integrated Geological and Geophysical Investigation of Pearl Hot Spring, Nevada
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.1, B3.6
Date: 01/08/2013
Location(s): Nevada
Offices(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to the University of Texas (UT) to create a 3-D Earth Model for the Pearl Hot Spring and Clayton Valley region of Esmeralda County, Nevada, using structural geology, thermochronometry, active source reflection/refraction seismology and gravity/magnetic measurements.