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SEISMIC NOISE MEASUREMENTS IN A GEOTHERMAL AREA *
Author(s) -
GOFORTH T. T.,
DOUZE E. J.,
SORRELLS G. G.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
geophysical prospecting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.735
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1365-2478
pISSN - 0016-8025
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2478.1972.tb00620.x
Subject(s) - geothermal gradient , telmatology , economic geology , geology , metamorphic petrology , regional geology , environmental geology , geothermal exploration , geobiology , geothermal power , geothermal energy , gemology , engineering geology , pollution , natural (archaeology) , seismology , petroleum engineering , geophysics , volcanism , paleontology , tectonics , ecology , biology
A bstract Generation of electrical power through the use of natural steam obtained from the Earth has the potential to be a significant source of pollution‐free power. Successful future exploitation of geothermal power depends upon the development of cost‐effective exploration techniques. A field experiment in the Imperial Valley of California indicates that there is a close empirical relationship between hot water deposits at depth and an anomalously high seismic background level at the surface. If this relationship proves to be a general one, it will serve as the basis of a simple and inexpensive method of geothermal exploration.