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Regional geophysical maps of the Great Basin, USA

March 10, 2023

Regional geophysical maps of the Great Basin, USA were generated from new and existing sources to support ongoing efforts to characterize geothermal resource potential in the western US. These include: (1) a provisional regional gravity grid that was produced from data compiled from multiple sources: data collected by the USGS and Utah Geological Survey under various projects, industry sources, and regional compilations derived from two sources: a Nevada state-wide database (Ponce, 1997), and a public domain dataset (Hildenbrand et al., 2002), (2) a regional magnetic grid derived from the North American magnetic compilation map of Bankey et al. (2002) and, (3) a regional depth-to-basement grid derived from Shaw and Boyd (2018). References: [...]

Publication Year 2023
Title Regional geophysical maps of the Great Basin, USA
DOI 10.5066/P9Z6SA1Z
Authors Jonathan M Glen, Tait E Earney, Laurie A Zielinski, William D Schermerhorn, Branden J Dean, Christian Hardwick
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog
USGS Organization Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center