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Basin and Range Region

From: Field Trip Guidebook - Metallogeny of the Great Basin Project,
August 17-22, 2003 >

The Great Basin provides an excellent opportunity to study facies, facies transitions and depositional sequences in one of the world's most stratigraphically complete and best exposed examples of a Paleozoic passive carbonate platform (See OFR 2004-1078)

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NEW products
Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Eastern Great Basin Province, 2005
By Anna, L.O., Roberts, L.N.R., Potter, C.J., Charpentier, R.R., Cook, T., Klett, T.R., Pollastro, R.M., and Schenk, C.J.
U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-2005-3053, 4 p.

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The Basin and Range Region is a physiographic province of the U.S. and northern Mexico that covers parts of Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, California, and most of Nevada. Topography is characterized by linear, north and south trending valleys and normal fault-block mountain ranges resulting from extension of the Earth's crust. Although the Colorado River dissects the area, many of the rivers have no outlet to the sea and form large lakes and playas, such as the Great Salt Lake. The climate is typically semi-arid and deserts form in the rain shadows of linear mountain ranges (e.g. Death Valley). The region is sparsely populated and dependent on mining, ranching, and more recently, tourism and manufacturing for its economic base. There has been an increase in oil and gas exploration activity and increased interest in geothermal resources. This web site provides access to the diverse Energy Resource Program research activities and products within the Basin and Range Region.

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