Thermal gradient anomalies of southern Arizona
Issue Date
1978Keywords
Oil & Gas PublicationsRecent
La Paz County
Greenlee County
Santa Cruz County
Yuma County
Arizona
Graham County
Gila County
Yavapai County
Cochise County
Pima County
Pinal County
Maricopa County
geothermal gradient
hot springs
heat anomaly
geothermal
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Giardina, Jr., S. and Conley, J.N., 1978, Thermal Gradient Anomalies, Southern Arizona. Arizona Geological Survey, Oil & Gas (OG) -27, 49 p., scale 1:1,382,400, 3 sheets.Publisher
Arizona Geological Survey (Tucson, AZ)Description
A survey of the records of numerous thermally anomalous water wells in the southern portion of the Basin and Range province of Arizona indicate that most of these wells are less than 300 m deep. The temperature and depth data of most of these shallow wells produce abnormally high computed thermal gradients that are inconsistent with considerably lower gradients in deeper wells. Utilization of a method devised for an appraisal of shallow well data permits identification of the most attractive thermal gradient anomalies warranting additional data-gathering methods. Water moving vertically from deep-heated crustal rock along faults and then moving horizontally into relatively shallow basin-fill deposits seems to be the most probable explanation for the irregular but widespread occurrence of thermal ground water in the study area. A significant number of these occurrences appear to have thermal gradients potentially adequate for non-electrical energy utilization. Report on thermal gradient anomalies of southern Arizona, 49 p., 3 map sheets, scale 1:1,382,400.Additional Links
http://repository.azgs.az.gov/uri_gin/azgs/dlio/1467Language
enSeries/Report no.
OG-27Rights
Arizona Geological Survey. All rights reserved.Collection Information
Documents in the AZGS Document Repository collection are made available by the Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) and the University Libraries at the University of Arizona. For more information about items in this collection, please contact azgs-info@email.arizona.edu.North Bounding Coordinate
34.3957South Bounding Coordinate
31.4264West Bounding Coordinate
-114.719East Bounding Coordinate
-108.984Collections
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