Three-dimensional Electrical Resistivity model of the Southwestern U.S.: Focus on California and Nevada

Presented in this data release is a 3D electrical resistivity model of the southwestern U.S. with a primary focus on California and Nevada. The electrical resistivity model was developed from magnetotelluric data available at https://data.earthscope.org/app/products/portal/emtf/. The open-source modeling software ModEM (https://magnetotellurics.github.io/ModEM/) was used to invert the magnetotelluric data, and the software was run on the U.S. Geological high-performance computer Denali (Falgout, J.T. et al., (2019), USGS Advanced Research Computing, USGS Denali Supercomputer: U.S. Geological Survey, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9PSW367). The 3D electrical resistivity model provided is one possible solution, therefore proceed with caution when interpreting the model.  Included in this data release are the preferred electrical resitivity model and magnetotelluric input and model response files.

Also included in this data release are Visual Tool Kit (VTK) files for visualization in 3D software like Paraview (https://www.paraview.org/) as well as a state file for Paraview (v6.1).  Unzip the "paraview_files.zip"  file into a directory of your choosing.  To load the state into Paraview, open Paraview.  Then in the upper left hand corner click on "File" and select "Load State."  Navigate to the "paraview_files" folder and select "clvf_3d_models_paraview_state.pvsm."   A dialog box will pop up asking where to locate the supporting files, select "search files under specified directory" and navigate to the "paraview_files" folder.