| Title | Orientation of Minimum Principal Stress in the Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Reservoir at Fenton Hill, New Mexico |
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| Authors | Burns, Kerry L. |
| Year | 1991 |
| Conference | Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
| Keywords | Hot Dry Rock; Geology; USA; New Mexico; Fenton Hill; Microearthquakes; Microseismic; Seismicity; Geologic Models; Geophysical Surveys; Focal Mechanisms; Farfield Stress |
| Abstract | The stress field at the source of microearthquake in the interior of the hot dry rock geothermal reservoir at Fenton Hill appears to be different to the far field stress outside the reservoir. The stress field seems to be reoriented prior to failure, during the course of processes that inflate the reservoir. |