Second Invariant of Strain Rate of the Great Basin from Geodesy

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IDENTIFICATION_INFORMATION

Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Kreemer, Corne Originator: Blewitt, Geoff Originator: Coolbaugh, Mark Originator: Zehner, Richard Publication_Date: 20050610 Title: Second Invariant of Strain Rate of the Great Basin from Geodesy Edition: Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reno, Nevada Publisher: Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy Other_Citation_Details: see http: HTTP://geodesy.unr.edu/  for Nevada Geodetic Laboratory. Also see Holt, W.E., B. Shen-Tu, J. Haines, and J. Jackson (2000), On the determination of self-consistent strain rate fields within zones of distributed deformation, in The History and Dynamics of Global Plate Motions, edited by M. A. Richards, R. G. Gordon and R. D. van der Hilst, pp. 113-141, AGU, Washington, D.C. Kreemer, C., Blewitt, G., Hammond, W.C., and Coolbaugh, M.F. (2004) A new strain rate model for the Great Basin and its application to tectonic and geodynamic studies, Eos Trans. AGU, v. 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl.). Online_Linkage: HTTP://www.unr.edu/Geothermal/ Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Publication_Date: Title: Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Publisher: Online_Linkage: Description: Abstract: This ESRI floating point GRID contains values of the second invariant of strain rate calculated for the Great Basin using super-accurate GPS (geodetic) locations from the BARGEN, USGS, and BARD networks, as well as other networks. The change of location of a GPS site over time ("geodetic velocity") are used as data input into a strain rate model which then calculated strain on a 0.05 x 0.05 degree array. A spline interpolation technique was applied (Haines and Holt, 1993;Holt et al., 2000) in which model velocities are fitted to observed GPS velocities, and those are then interpolated to derive a continuous velocity gradient tensor field, which implicitly defines the strain rate tensor everywhere. These points were then interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting method. Purpose: For geothermal exploration Supplemental_Information: Geodesy is but one way to measure the amount of crustal strain in the Great Basin; other methods include fault slip rate determination and offset measurements. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: Ending_Date: Currentness_Reference: Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.9169 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -110.4422 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.8903 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.5161 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: GPS Theme_Keyword: Geodetic Theme_Keyword: Strain Theme_Keyword: Second Invariant Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Arizona Place_Keyword: California Place_Keyword: Great Basin Place_Keyword: Idaho Place_Keyword: Nevada Place_Keyword: North America Place_Keyword: Oregon Place_Keyword: Utah Place_Keyword: Western United States Place_Keyword: Wyoming Access_Constraints: Use_Constraints: This spatial information was derived from a variety of sources. Care was taken in the creation of these themes, but they are provided "as is". The Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, the University of Nevada, Reno or any of the data providers cannot accept any responsibility for errors, omissions, or positional accuracy in the digital data or underlying records. There are no warranties, expressed or implied, accompanying this data set. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy Contact_Person: Richard Zehner Contact_Position: Research Scientist, Assistant GIS Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: MS 172, University of Nevada Reno City: Reno State_or_Province: NV Postal_Code: 89557 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-7055 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 775-327-5801 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zehner@unr.edu Hours_of_Service: M-F 8-5 Native_Data_Set_Environment: ESRI Grid format  Top

DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION

Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Unknown and dependant on crustal models. Logical_Consistency_Report: Completeness_Report: Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: GPS locations are probably accurate to within a couple of millimeters, locally 0.5 millimeters. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Publication_Date: Title: Edition: Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Publisher: Other_Citation_Details: see Kreemer, C., Blewitt, G., Hammond, W.C., and Coolbaugh, M.F. (2004) A new strain rate model for the Great Basin and its application to tectonic and geodynamic studies, Eos Trans. AGU, v. 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl.). Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Publication_Date: Title: Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Publisher: Online_Linkage: Source_Scale_Denominator: Type_of_Source_Media: Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: Ending_Date: Source_Currentness_Reference: Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Source_Contribution: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Publication_Date: Title: Edition: Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Publisher: Other_Citation_Details: see Haines, A.J., and W.E. Holt (1993), A procedure for obtaining the complete horizontal motions within zones of distributed deformation from the inversion of strain rate data, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 12057-12082. Holt, W.E., B. Shen-Tu, J. Haines, and J. Jackson (2000), On the determination of self-consistent strain rate fields within zones of distributed deformation, in The History and Dynamics of Global Plate Motions, edited by M. A. Richards, R. G. Gordon and R. D. van der Hilst, pp. 113-141, AGU, Washington, D.C. Kreemer, C., Blewitt, G., Hammond, W.C., and Coolbaugh, M.F. (2004) A new strain rate model for the Great Basin and its application to tectonic and geodynamic studies, Eos Trans. AGU, v. 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl.). Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Publication_Date: Title: Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Publisher: Online_Linkage: Source_Scale_Denominator: Type_of_Source_Media: Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: Ending_Date: Source_Currentness_Reference: Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Source_Contribution: Process_Step: Process_Description: 1) Super-accurate GPS locations were determined from the MAGNET geodetic and other arrays. 2) The change in location of a GPS site over time ("geodetic velocity") are used as data input into a strain rate model. 3) A spline interpolation technique was applied (Haines and Holt, 1993; Holt et al., 2000) in which model velocities are fitted to observed GPS velocities, and those are then interpolated to derive a continuous velocity gradient tensor field, which implicitly defines the strain rate tensor everywhere. Output from this model is a strain array on a 0.05 x 0.05 degree grid. 4) The second invariant of strain from points from this array were interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting method (Neighbors = 25, Powers = 1, cell size = 1 km) 5) This surface was clipped to the area of the Great Basin using the shapefile gboutline.shp (http: HTTP://www.unr.edu/datalist.html Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Process_Date: Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Organization: Corne Kreemer Contact_Person: Nevada Seismological Laboratory (Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology) Contact_Position: Research Assistant Professor Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, MS 178, University of Nevada, Reno City: Reno State_or_Province: NV Postal_Code: 89557 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-6691 x154 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 775-784-1709 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kreemer@unr.edu Hours_of_Service: 9-6 M-F Top

SPATIAL_DATA_ORGANIZATION_INFORMATION

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster Raster_Object_Information: Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell Row_Count: 1035 Column_Count: 1000 Top

SPATIAL_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Map_Projection: Map_Projection_Name: Lambert Conformal Conic Lambert_Conformal_Conic: Standard_Parallel: 33.000000 Standard_Parallel: 45.000000 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -117.000000 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000 False_Easting: 0.000000 False_Northing: 0.000000 Standard_Parallel: 33.000000 Standard_Parallel: 45.000000 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -117.000000 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000 False_Easting: 0.000000 False_Northing: 0.000000 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Row and column Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: Ordinate_Resolution: Planar_Distance_Units: Meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927 Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866 Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98 Top

ENTITY_AND_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION

Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Values in the value field of this GRID are the rate of second invariant of strain, measured in nanometers per year. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Top

DISTRIBUTION_INFORMATION

Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy Contact_Person: Richard Zehner Contact_Position: Research Scientist, Assistant GIS Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: MS 172, University of Nevada Reno City: Reno State_or_Province: NV Postal_Code: 89557 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-7055 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 775-327-5801 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zehner@unr.edu Hours_of_Service: M-F 8-5 Resource_Description: Distribution_Liability: This spatial information was derived from a variety of sources. Care was taken in the creation of these themes, but they are provided "as is". The Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, the University of Nevada, Reno or any of the data providers cannot accept any responsibility for errors, omissions, or positional accuracy in the digital data or underlying records. There are no warranties, Top

METADATA_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

Metadata_Date: 20050610 Metadata_Review_Date: Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy Contact_Person: Richard Zehner Contact_Position: Research Scientist, Assistant GIS Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and physical address Address: MS 172, University of Nevada Reno City: Reno State_or_Province: NV Postal_Code: 89557 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-7055 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 775-327-5801 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zehner@unr.edu Hours_of_Service: M-F 8-5 Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Top