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2016 Passive Seismic Imaging of the Dixie Valley Geothermal Well Field for EGS Favorability and Fault Mapping

Published by University of Nevada, Reno | Department of Energy | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 01:00 AM | Dataset Last Updated: May 20, 2024 at 04:32 PM
This submission provides reports on the results of seismic data analyses, statistical data sets of rock properties under the DVGWF, GIS data for new maps of EGS favorability, and a link to raw seismogram data archived by the IRIS-DMS.

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accessLevel public
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contactPoint 
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  "hasEmail": "mailto:louie@seismo.unr.edu"
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description This submission provides reports on the results of seismic data analyses, statistical data sets of rock properties under the DVGWF, GIS data for new maps of EGS favorability, and a link to raw seismogram data archived by the IRIS-DMS.
distribution 
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    "title": "ZS 2015-2016 Raw Recorded Seismograms",
    "format": "HTML",
    "accessURL": "http://www.fdsn.org/networks/detail/ZS_2015/",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "ZS (2015-2016) seismic network description hosted by the International Federation of Digital  Seismograph Networks, yielding this raw seismogram data set. Citation is: Ileana  Tibuleac, John N. Louie, William S. Honjas, Zachary Young (2015): Quantifying Egs Reservoir Complexity With An Integrated Geophysical Approach And Improved Resolution Ambient Seismic Noise Inter. Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology. Dataset/Seismic Network. 10.7914/SN/ZS_2015"
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    "title": "Raw Recorded Seismograms at IRIS-DMS",
    "format": "HTML",
    "accessURL": "https://ds.iris.edu/ds/nodes/dmc/forms/assembled-data/?dataset_report_number=16-013",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "High-resolution passive seismic survey data recored in the Dixie Valley Geothermal Wellfield, Nevada by the Univ. of Nevada, Reno in the winter of 2015 and 2016.
Link is to a request form for a PH5-format database, with the IRIS-DMS PH5 dataset number 16-013 pre-filled.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7914/SN/ZS_2015
The citation is Ileana  Tibuleac, John N. Louie, William S. Honjas, Zachary Young (2015): Quantifying Egs Reservoir Complexity With An Integrated Geophysical Approach And Improved Resolution Ambient Seismic Noise Inter. Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology. Dataset/Seismic Network. 10.7914/SN/ZS_2015"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Fourier Power Spectral Density Results.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1122/Task3_Attachment.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Zip file containing Fourier Power Spectral Density results from this project, as six Microsoft Excel files: PSD_5_to_15Hz_percent.xlsx PSD_5_to_15Hz_BB.xlsx PSD_2_to_7Hz_BB.xlsx PSD_2_to_7Hz_percent.xlsx PSD_2_to_7Hz_SP.xlsx PSD_5_to_15Hz_SP.xlsx; as well as KMZ and JPG maps showing where these models are located."
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    "title": "Favorability Mapping.zip",
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    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1122/Task4_Attachment.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "0.92 gigabyte archive of the Geostatistical and EGS Favorability Mapping tasks of the project, as created by ArcGIS and Microsoft Excel. Includes 7858 files and subfolders. These files were used to create all the maps in the Final Technical Report. Usage information contained in the README.txt file."
  },
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    "title": "Final Technical Report - Reduced Resolution.pdf",
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    "mediaType": "application/pdf",
    "description": "Reduced-resolution version of the final technical report on the DE-EE0006767 research project "QUANTIFYING EGS RESERVOIR COMPLEXITY WITH AN INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL APPROACH- IMPROVED RESOLUTION AMBIENT SEISMIC NOISE INTERFEROMETRY""
  },
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Full Final Technical Report.pdf",
    "format": "pdf",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1122/UNR-DixieVal-FinalTechnicalReport.pdf",
    "mediaType": "application/pdf",
    "description": "Full-resolution version of the final technical report on the DE-EE0006767 research project "QUANTIFYING EGS RESERVOIR COMPLEXITY WITH AN INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL APPROACH- IMPROVED RESOLUTION AMBIENT SEISMIC NOISE INTERFEROMETRY""
  },
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Figures 12-16.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "accessURL": "https://gdr.openei.org/files/1122/figures12-16_png.zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Zip archive of five figures from the Final Technical Report as lossless PNG files at the highest possible resolution, figures 12-16"
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DOI 10.15121/1603412
identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/7271
issued 2015-11-01T06:00:00Z
keyword 
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  "ArcGIS",
  "CDP",
  "CWT",
  "Dixie Valley",
  "EGS",
  "GIS",
  "Nevada",
  "PSD",
  "ambient noise",
  "energy",
  "fault",
  "favorability",
  "geophysical",
  "geophysics",
  "geospatial data",
  "geothermal",
  "interferometry",
  "passive",
  "raw",
  "reflection",
  "report",
  "seismic",
  "seismogram",
  "technical report"
]
landingPage https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1122
license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
modified 2024-05-20T16:32:46Z
programCode 
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projectLead Sean Porse
projectNumber EE0006767
projectTitle Quantifying EGS Reservoir Complexity with an Integrated Geophysical Approach and Improved Resolution Ambient Seismic Noise Interferometry
publisher 
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  "name": "University of Nevada, Reno",
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title 2016 Passive Seismic Imaging of the Dixie Valley Geothermal Well Field for EGS Favorability and Fault Mapping

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