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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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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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BASIN AND RANGE SPOTLIGHT |
Basin-Centered Gas Accumulation in the Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico Bulletin 2184
Great Basin Paleozoic Carbonate Platform: Field Trip Guidebook - Metallogeny of the Great Basin Project OFR 2004-1078
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