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The Geothermal System Near Paisley Oregon: A Tectonomagmatic Framework For Understanding The Geothermal Resource Potential Of Southeastern Oregon, Kyle Aaron Makovsky

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

The tectonic and magmatic framework of southeast Oregon provides the conditions necessary for the existence of geothermal energy resources. However, few detailed studies of geothermal systems in this part of the Basin and Range have been conducted. Young bimodal magmatism and faulting associated with the High Lava Plains coupled with the encroachment of the Basin and Range tectonic province and potentially the Walker Lane have created the structural configuration, heat source, and secondary permeability necessary for geothermal systems in southeast Oregon. The relative contribution of these provinces to the overall tectonomagmatic framework is less well understood. In this study, the …