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Location Data: Theme Name |
Description |
File Type |
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| Great Basin Outline |
Outline of the Great
Basin with added buffer zone |
Shapefile
(12 kb) |
gboutline |
FGDC |
| Great Basin Counties |
Outline of Great
Basin with county boundaries |
Shapefile
(59 kb) |
gb_counties |
FGDC |
| Great Basin Inverted
Mask |
Mask covering areas
outside of the Great Basin outline |
Shapefile
(15 kb) |
gb_inver |
FGDC |
| Great Basin Roads |
Selected roads within
the Great Basin |
Shapefile
(5.7 Mb) |
gbroads |
FGDC |
| Great Basin Towns |
Selected towns and
cities within the Great Basin |
Shapefile
(8 kb) |
gbtowns |
FGDC |
| Great Basin 7.5'
Quadrangle Outlines |
Outline of USGS 7.5'
topographic quadrangles |
Shapefile
(2.9 Mb) |
gbquads |
FGDC |
| Great Basin 7.5'
Quadrangle DRG's * |
Links to
various State and Federal agencies where the DRG's reside |
Tiff image |
Link |
Web Page |
| Great Basin 7.5'
Digital Elevation Models (DEM's)* |
Links to
various State and Federal agencies where the DEM's reside |
DEM |
Link |
Web Page |
| Great Basin 7.5'
Digital Orthophoto Quads* |
Links to
various State and Federal agencies where the DOQ's reside |
Tiff Image |
Link |
Web Page |
| Great Basin
Federal Lands |
Federal,
State, and private lands in Great Basin States |
Shapefile
(2.7 Mb) |
GBFedLands |
FGDC |
| Western States |
Outline of western
States |
Shapefile (30 kb) |
Western States |
FGDC |
| Nevada Inverted Mask |
Mask covering areas
outside Nevada |
Shapefile (12 kb) |
.nv_inver |
FGDC |
| Nevada Roads |
Selected roads within
Nevada |
Shapefile
(504 kb) |
nv_roads |
FGDC |
| Nevada Cadastral (Town-Range-Section) |
| Outline of survey
sections in Nevada, from the BLM |
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Shapefile (10.7 Mb) |
NVPLSS100kLAM |
FGDC |
| Nevada Cadastral (Town-Range-Section) |
| Outline of survey
sections in Nevada |
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Shapefile
UTM Zone 11 NAD27 |
nv_plss100k |
FGDC |
| Shaded relief map of the Great Basin |
Gray-scale shaded
relief map (topography) of the Great Basin |
ESRI GRID (3 Mb) |
Topo_sun |
FGDC |
| Color shaded relief map of the Great Basin |
Color shaded relief
map of the Great Basin, 300 m cell size |
TIFF Image (14.3 Mb) |
GBtopo30 |
FGDC |
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Land
Status Data: Theme Name |
Description |
File Type |
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Land Status data
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| Great Basin
Federal Lands |
Federal,
State, and private lands in Great Basin States |
Shapefile
(2.7 Mb) |
GBFedLands |
FGDC |
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KGRA's |
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Known Geothermal
Resource Areas, from the BLM |
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Shapefile (48 kb) |
GBKGRAs |
FGDC |
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UPDATED!
Current
Geothermal Leases and Lease Applications |
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Great Basin Geothermal Leases
and Applications as of September 2007, from the BLM |
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Shapefile (154 kb) |
GeoLeaseSept07 |
FGDC |
| Great Basin
Wilderness Areas |
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Wilderness Areas (off
limits to geothermal exploration, from the BLM |
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Shapefile (3.9 Mb) |
GBWilder |
FGDC |
| BLM District Offices |
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Bureau of Land
Management District Offices, from the BLM |
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Shapefile (4.6 Mb) |
BLMDistOff |
FGDC |
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Geologic Data: Theme Name |
Description |
File Type |
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Geologic data
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Great Basin Digital Geologic Map |
1:500,000 to
1:1,000,000 scale state
geologic maps reclassified to 22 standard rock types as grid with 1 km grid
cells |
ESRI Integer GRID (190 kb) |
gbgeology |
FGDC |
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Great Basin Quaternary Felsic Vents |
Known Quaternary dacite
to rhyolite vents within the Great Basin |
Shapefile (10 kb) |
GBQfelsicvents |
FGDC |
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Great Basin Quaternary Mafic Vents |
Known Quaternary
basaltic vents and cinder cones in the Great Basin |
Shapefile (65 kb) |
GBQmaficvents |
FGDC |
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Quaternary Faults of the western U.S. |
Modified U.S.G.S.
Quaternary fault data base with known or estimated slip rate data |
Shapefile (7.0 Mb) |
QFaultsWUS |
FGDC |
| Dilational component
of strain from Quaternary faults |
Dilational component of
strain from Quaternary fault database (shapefile) averaged in 20 km cells |
ESRI GRID (38 kb) |
GBFaultDil |
FGDC |
| Shear component of
strain from Quaternary faults |
Shear component of
strain from Quaternary fault database (shapefile) averaged in 20 km cells |
ESRI GRID (42 kb) |
GBFaultShear |
FGDC |
| Second invariant of
strain from Quaternary faults |
Second invariant of
strain from Quaternary fault database (shapefile) averaged in 20 km cells |
ESRI GRID (41 kb) |
GBFault2ndInv |
FGDC |
| Young Faults |
Cenozoic faults mapped on high-altitude, modified
slightly from the version available from the USGS DDS-41 Great Basin
Database |
Shapefile
(1.0 Mb) |
yngft41 |
FGDC |
| Nevada Cinder Cones
< 6 MA |
Cinder cones < 6
MA in Nevada |
Shapefile (13 kb) |
NVCinder |
FGDC |
| Rock radiometric age dates for
the Great Basin |
Radiometric age dates
of rocks from the Great Basin |
Shapefile (238 kb) |
Rad_Age |
FGDC |
| Quaternary volcanic age dates of
the Great Basin |
Radiometric ages of
Quaternary volcanic rocks of the Great Basin |
Shapefile (19 kb) |
QVolcAges |
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Geochemical Data: Theme Name |
Description |
File
Type |
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Geochemical data
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Great Basin
Groundwater Geochemical Database |
Access database containing spring and well
geochemical data from the entire Great Basin. |
Access Database (26.7 Mb) |
GeothermDB |
Link to Web
Page |
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NEW!
Great Basin Groundwater Geochemical Database |
Shapefile containing location and geochemical data
for 46,000 spring and well samples from the Great Basin. Includes major
element data and calculated cation and quartz geothermometry. Derived
from the database described above.
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Shapefile (4 Mb) |
GBGeochem |
FGDC |
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Great Basin Hot Springs and Wells
with geothermometer data |
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Hot springs and
wells of the western United States, from the
Geo-Heat Center |
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Shapefile (166 kb) |
GeoHGB_0 |
FGDC |
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Geothermal systems in Nevada with Geothermometry |
A specialized, reduced set of geothermal data from
Nevada used for spatial analysis. See metadata for selection criteria. |
Shapefile (19 kb) |
Geosysnv |
FGDC |
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Geochemistry of Great Basin Springs and
Wells |
Shapefile containing point geochemical
data from ~24,750 cold and warm springs and wells in the Great Basin
(As, B, Ba, Ca, Cl, F, Fe, HCO3, K, Li, Mn, Na, SiO2,
SO4) |
Shapefile (2.4 Mb) |
GBGWGeochem |
FGDC |
| Arsenic Groundwater Concentration Map |
Arsenic from cold and hot spring and
well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance
weighting method. |
ESRI GRID
(7.8 Mb) |
GBArsenic |
FGDC |
| Barium Groundwater Concentration Map |
Barium from cold and hot spring and well
data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting
method. |
ESRI GRID
(6.9 Mb) |
GBBarium |
FGDC |
| Boron Groundwater Concentration Map |
Boron from cold and hot spring and well
data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting
method. |
ESRI GRID
(9.9 Mb) |
GBBoron |
FGDC |
| Calcium Groundwater Concentration Map |
Calcium from cold and hot spring and
well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance
weighting method. |
ESRI GRID
(9.3 Mb) |
GBCalcium |
FGDC |
| Chloride Groundwater Concentration Map |
Chloride from cold and hot spring and
well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance
weighting method. |
ESRI GRID
(9.5 Mb) |
GBChloride |
FGDC |
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Fluoride Groundwater Concentration Map |
Fluoride from cold and hot spring and
well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance
weighting method. |
ESRI GRID
(10 Mb) |
GBFluoride |
FGDC |
| HCO3 Groundwater
Concentration Map |
Bicarbonate from cold and hot spring and
well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance
weighting method. |
ESRI GRID
(8.9 Mb) |
GBHCO3 |
FGDC |
| Iron Groundwater Concentration Map |
Iron from cold and hot spring and well
data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting
method. |
ESRI GRID
(9.2 Mb) |
GBIron |
FGDC |
| Lithium Groundwater Concentration
Map |
Lithium from cold and hot spring and
well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance
weighting method. |
ESRI GRID
(9.3 Mb) |
GBLithium |
FGDC |
| Manganese Groundwater Concentration Map |
Manganese from cold and hot spring and
well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance
weighting method. |
ESRI GRID
(8.3 Mb) |
GBManganese |
FGDC |
| Potassium Groundwater Concentration Map |
Potassium from cold and hot spring and
well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance
weighting method. |
ESRI GRID
(9.7 Mb) |
GBPotassium |
FGDC |
| Silica Groundwater Concentration Map |
Silica from cold and hot spring and well
data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting
method. |
ESRI GRID
(9.1 Mb) |
GBSilica |
FGDC |
| Sodium Groundwater Concentration Map |
Sodium from cold and hot spring and well
data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance weighting
method. |
ESRI GRID
(9.3 Mb) |
GBSodium |
FGDC |
| Sulfate Groundwater Concentration Map |
Sulfate from cold and hot spring and
well data are interpolated onto a surface using an inverse distance
weighting method. |
ESRI GRID
(8.8 Mb) |
GBSulfate |
FGDC |
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Geothermal Data: Theme Name |
Description |
File
Type |
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Geothermal data
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| SMU Regional Heat
Flow and Western Geothermal Area Databases |
| Data
on thousands of geothermal wells drilled in the United States. |
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Link to SMU
Geothermal Web Site |
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Geothermal Power Plants |
Geothermal Power Plants
in the Great Basin |
Shapefile (10 kb) |
Power_plants |
FGDC |
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Extensional-type geothermal systems |
Great Basin Extensional-type geothermal systems
having reservoir temperatures > 150o C. Training set for
spatial analysis. |
Shapefile (9 kb) |
GB150p |
FGDC |
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Potentially economic geothermal systems |
Geothermal systems in Nevada that are either
currently producing electrical power, or have produced at least some
high-temperature fluids (>150 C) from geothermal wells. |
Shapefile (11 kb) |
Economic |
FGDC |
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Geodesy: Theme Name |
Description |
File
Type |
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Geodesy data
interactively,
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| GPS
Stations |
Point shapefile
containing the locations of GPS Stations used to calculate geodesic
strain |
Shapefile (67 kb) |
gpspts02 |
FGDC |
| Great Basin Shear
Strain Rate by Geodesy (GPS) |
Shear component of
strain in the Great Basin as measured by super-accurate GPS stations, 1
km cell size. |
ESRI GRID (2.3 Mb) |
GBShear |
FGDC |
| Great Basin
Dilational Strain Rate by Geodesy (GPS) |
Dilational component
of strain in the Great Basin as measured by super-accurate GPS stations,
1 km cell size. |
ESRI GRID (2.5 Mb) |
GBDilat |
FGDC |
| Second Invariant of
Strain Rate for the Great Basin by Geodesy (GPS) |
Second Invariant of
strain in the Great Basin as measured by super-accurate GPS stations, 1
km cell size. |
ESRI GRID (2.4 Mb) |
GB2ndInv |
FGDC |
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Nevada strain perpendicular to faults |
Maximum likelihood strain
rate perpendicular to Quaternary fault fabric for Nevada |
ESRI GRID (56 kb) |
ExtMax |
FGDC |
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Nevada shear perpendicular to faults |
Shear component of strain
rate perpendicular to Quaternary fault fabric for Nevada |
ESRI GRID (57 kb) |
ShearMax |
FGDC |
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Nevada Second Invariant |
2nd Invariant of the
GPS-derived crustal strain rate for Nevada |
ESRI GRID (56 kb) |
2nd_inv |
FGDC |
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Geophysics: Theme Name |
Description |
File
Type |
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Geophysical data
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| Great Basin Crustal Thickness |
Crustal thickness of the Great Basin as
estimated by seismic refraction. |
ESRI GRID (69 kb) |
GBCrustal |
FGDC |
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Gravity Station Locations |
Gravity Station Points in the Great Basin
used in the modeling of the rasters listed below |
Shapefile (17.0 Mb) |
GBGrStns |
FGDC |
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Great Basin shallow crustal residual gravity contours |
1 milligal shallow crustal residual gravity contours
of the Great Basin |
Shapefile (29.6 Mb) |
GBGrResCon |
FGDC |
| Great Basin shallow crustal
residual gravity anomaly - upward continued 20 km |
Shallow crustal
residual gravity anomaly produced by removing
20 km upward continuation of isostatic residual anomaly from isostatic
residual anomaly |
TIFF Image (17.0 Mb) |
GBGrIsoRes |
FGDC |
| Shallow crustal isostatic gravity anomaly for the Great
Basin |
A
shallow crustal residual calculated by removing broad regional anomaly
patterns without regard to source. |
TIFF Image (4.9 Mb) |
GBShall |
FGDC |
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Great Basin isostatic residual gravity anomaly |
Isostatic residual gravity anomaly
for the Great Basin reduced at 2.67 g/cc density on
a shaded relief map. |
TIFF Image (6.7 Mb) |
GBGrShRes |
FGDC |
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Great Basin residual gravity upward continued |
Color isostatic residual gravity anomaly upward continued 10 km on shaded
relief map with 1 km grid cells |
TIFF Image (9.2 Mb) |
GBGrIsoResUp |
FGDC |
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Great Basin bouger gravity anomaly |
Complete bouger gravity anomaly reduced at 2.67 g/cc density on
shaded relief map with 1 km grid cells |
TIFF Image (6.1 Mb) |
GBGrBouger |
FGDC |
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Great Basin Free Air gravity anomaly |
Color shaded free air
gravity anomaly of the Great Basin with 1 km grid cells. |
TIFF Image (6.1 Mb) |
GBGrFreeAir |
FGDC |
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Basement isostatic residual gravity field |
Basement isostatic
residual gravity field for Nevada Quakes, calculated by estimating the
variations in thickness of Cenozoic deposits on the observed isostatic
residual gravity field, then removing it to derive a basement isostatic
residual gravity field |
ESRI GRID (301 kb) |
NBMGiso |
FGDC |
| Earthquake moment release map for
the Great Basin |
Earthquake moment
release map of the Great basin, derived from earthquakes occurring in
the ANSS earthquake catalog |
ESRI GRID (289 kb) |
Moment1 |
FGDC |
| Magnetic total field intensity
anomaly |
Magnetic total field
intensity anomaly (IGRF corrected) of the Great Basin, reduced to 305
meters above ground |
TIFF Image (10.5 Mb) |
GBTtlMag |
FGDC |
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Groundwater: Theme Name |
Description |
File
Type |
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Groundwater data
interactively,
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using Netscape Browser |
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NEW! Great Basin Geothermal Wells |
Locations and information on 7,300 geothermal wells
drilled in the Great Basin |
Shapefile (4 Mb) |
GBGeoWells |
FGDC |
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NEW! Great Basin Oil and Gas Wells |
Locations and information on 4,700 oil and gas wells
drilled in the Great Basin |
Shapefile (17.6 Mb) |
GBOil&Gas |
FGDC |
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NEW! Great Basin Water Wells |
Locations of over 260,000 municipal and residential
water wells drilled in the Great Basin |
Shapefile (9 Mb) |
GBWaterWells |
FGDC |
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Springs, wells, and seeps in
the Great Basin |
Locations of springs, wells, and seeps of the Great
Basin, as taken from 1:24,000 scale U.S.G.S. topographic maps. |
Shapefile (2.6 Mb) |
GBSpringsAndWells |
FGDC |
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Major aquifers of the western U.S. |
Major groundwater aquifers of the western U.S.--
simplified from principal aquifer shapefile |
Shapefile (993 kb) |
GBAquifers |
FGDC |
| Depth to water table in wells in
Nevada |
Depth to groundwater
(measured in feet) in water wells from the National Water Information
System (NWIS) at
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ |
Shapefile (380 kb) |
NVDepthWaterTbl |
FGDC |
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Favorability
Maps: Theme Name |
Description |
File
Type |
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model data
and evidence layers interactively,
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| NVLR5 |
2002 logistic
regression model using 5 geologic and geophysical evidence layers
unaffected by groundwater or shallow impermeable cap rock layers. |
ESRI Integer GRID
(91 kb) |
NV_LR5 |
FGDC |
| 2005 Favorability Map |
Logistic regression
model using 4 updated evidence layers (through-going faults, heat
flow, fault and geodesic strain, and earthquake seismicity), adjusting
for the effects of high lateral-flow aquifers. |
ESRI Integer GRID
(644 kb) |
Favorability05 |
FGDC |
| Gravity/DEM Gradient |
Evidence layer for
2005 favorability map uses DEM and 'basins only' gravity gradients as a
proxy for large faults having major vertical displacements. |
ESRI Real GRID
(2.46 Mb) |
GBGravDEM |
FGDC |
| Temperature Gradient |
Evidence layer for
2005 favorability map uses temperature gradient derived from heat flux
data, using thermal conductivities assigned to grouped geologic rock
units. |
ESRI Real GRID
(110 kb) |
GBTempGrad |
FGDC |
| Combined Dilational
Strain |
Evidence layer for
2005 favorability map combines strain tensors from geodesy (GPS points)
together with those from known Quaternary faults. |
ESRI Real GRID
(2.75 Mb) |
GBDilStrain05 |
FGDC |
| Earthquake Epicenters |
Evidence layer for
2005 favorability map based on earthquake seismicity weighted by
distance from the earthquake epicenter. |
ESRI Real GRID
(570 kb) |
GBDistQuakes |
FGDC |
| 2005 Modeling Data
Package |
Includes 2005
favorability model, evidence layers, several training sets, and
miscellaneous useful layers for geothermal spatial modeling. Includes
metadata. |
GRIDS, Shapefiles
(33.9 Mb) |
Favor05 |
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TO VIEW THE SPATIAL
ANALYSIS INTERACTIVE MAP CONTAINING MANY OF THE ABOVE LAYERS,
CLICK HERE
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GOOGLE EARTH: Theme Name |
Description |
File
Type |
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View Metadata |
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GreatBasinGeothermal |
View our favorability
map together with temperature gradient data using Google Earth
technology! Click here for more information. |
Google Earth
KMZ file
(9.8 Mb) |
GreatBasinGeothermal |
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