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Shapefile for slip tendency and dilation tendency calculated for Quaternary faults in the Great Basin

Metadata Updated: December 11, 2025

This database contains the results of slip tendency and dilation tendency analysis of Quaternary faults in the Great Basin region, including parts of Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. This effort was undertaken to help identify faults and fault segments that are appropriately oriented to be stress-loaded for slip or to dilate under the ambient stress conditions. Both conditions may make such faults likely to host as-yet-undiscovered hydrothermal processes. Slip tendency and dilation tendency were calculated for all fault segments in a publicly available fault database modified after the U.S. Geology Survey Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. This work was undertaken as part of the INGENIOUS (Innovative Geothermal Exploration through Novel Investigations of Undiscovered Systems) project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies Office awarded to the University of Nevada, Reno. INGENIOUS is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institution effort to develop new methodologies and best practices to accelerate the discovery of new, commercially viable hydrothermal resources. This work was also supported by the U.S. Geological Survey Geothermal Resources Investigations Project (GRIP). This database contains the slip tendency and dilation tendency results, including the fault geometry and stress data used to calculate these quantities. The data are provided as shapefiles and KMZ files for both the Great Basin study area and the INGENIOUS study area.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Metadata Created Date September 14, 2025
Metadata Updated Date December 11, 2025

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Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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Metadata Updated Date December 11, 2025
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