Cerro Prieto area. The red lines are simplified faults. Right-lateral direction of motion of the transform fault is shown (pink arrows). The red rhombs are pull-apart basins; the northern one is the site of the Niland geothermal field, the southern the Cerro Prieto geothermal field.
Cerro Prieto (Cocopah: Wee Ñaay, English: "Black Hill") is a volcano located approximately 29 km (18 mi) SSE of Mexicali in the Mexican state of Baja California. The volcano lies astride a spreading center associated with the East Pacific Rise. This spreading center is also responsible for a large geothermal field, which has been harnessed to generate electric power by the Cerro Prieto Geothermal Power Station.
The Cerro Prieto spreading center intersects the southern end of the Imperial Fault and the northern end of the Cerro Prieto Fault.[1] Both of these are transform faults in the northern leg of the East Pacific Rise system that runs the length of the Gulf of California and is steadily rifting the Baja California Peninsula away from the mainland of Mexico.
^Fuis, Gary S. and Walter D. Mooney, Salton Trough Lithospheric Structure and Tectonics from Seismic-Refraction and Other Data in USGS Professional Paper 1515
Laguna Salada Yuma Gulf of California Colorado River Valley CerroPrieto volcano CerroPrieto (Cocopah: Wee Ñaay, English: "Black Hill") is a volcano located...
The CerroPrieto Geothermal Power Station is a complex of geothermal power stations in Baja California, Mexico. It is the world's largest complex of geothermal...
Valley CerroPrieto volcano The CerroPrieto Fault is a transform fault located in far northern Baja California. It runs between the CerroPrieto spreading...
River mouth Laguna Salada Yuma Gulf of California Colorado River Valley CerroPrieto volcano The Salton Buttes lie on the southeastern shores of the Salton...
squash and other crops in Mexicali. The nearby CerroPrieto volcano is adjacent to the CerroPrieto Geothermal Power Station, which creates high volumes...
River mouth Laguna Salada Yuma Gulf of California Colorado River Valley CerroPrieto volcano The Imperial Fault Zone is a system of geological faults located...
sources during the Wisconsin glaciation. The lake overflowed close to CerroPrieto into the Rio Hardy, eventually draining into the Gulf of California....
River mouth Laguna Salada Yuma Gulf of California Colorado River Valley CerroPrieto volcano The Brawley Seismic Zone (BSZ), also known as the Brawley fault...
Peninsula to the Pacific Plate. From north to south: Imperial Fault Zone CerroPrieto Fault Ballenas Fault Partida Fault San Lorenzo Fault Guaymas Fault Carmen...
stratovolcano Pinacate, volcanic field Popocatepetl, stratovolcano CerroPrieto, lava dome San Borja Volcanic Field Isla San Luis, tuff cone San Martin...
River mouth Laguna Salada Yuma Gulf of California Colorado River Valley CerroPrieto volcano The southern segment (also known as the Mojave segment) begins...
April 2014. Powerhouses of CerroPrieto, archived from the original on 19 April 2010, retrieved 20 March 2010 CerroPrieto Geothermal Power Station, archived...
Ranges between the Laguna Salada basin to the west and the CerroPrieto Volcano and CerroPrieto Geothermal Power Station to the east. The geothermal field...
after the nearby town of El Indiviso. A liquefaction zone bounded by the CerroPrieto Fault and the Laguna Salada Fault was observed. Mexicali, El Centro,...
River mouth Laguna Salada Yuma Gulf of California Colorado River Valley CerroPrieto volcano Parts of Imperial Valley lie atop the Salton Sea Geothermal Field...
Ceko Lake Cuitzeo Lake Pátzcuaro Lake Zirahuén Lake Agua Milpa Lake CerroPrieto Lake Cuchillo Lake Marychivas Lake Alchichica Lake Aljojuca Lake Atexcac...
well for reheating/reuse. As of 2013, the largest liquid system was CerroPrieto in Mexico, which generates 750 MW of electricity from temperatures reaching...
River mouth Laguna Salada Yuma Gulf of California Colorado River Valley CerroPrieto volcano Imperial Valley has become a "hot-bed" of renewable energy projects...
area was struck by another larger shock, measuring Mw 7.0 centered in CerroPrieto, Baja California, Mexico. The Salton Trough is an active pull-apart basin...
about 30 feet above sea level, and at that point overflow its banks near CerroPrieto, and run south to the Gulf of California; during those times, the Rio...
Cascadia (M9.0) Central African Shear Zone 4000 Central Africa Rift zone CerroPrieto Fault Gulf of California, United States Transform Active Chino Fault...
production was 7.1 TWh. There are four geothermal fields under exploitation: CerroPrieto, Los Azufres, Los Humeros and Las Tres Vírgenes. Source: SENER 2009,...
today. The southernmost extension of the San Andreas fault system, the CerroPrieto Fault, passes directly through the area before continuing offshore into...
in others limited to six hours a day. The city has three reservoirs; CerroPrieto Reservoir dropped to 1% of its capacity, and La Boca Reservoir dropped...
Colorado River, this area has become a true agricultural center. The CerroPrieto geothermal province is near Mexicali as well (this area is geologically...
total of 29 villages: Aldea Paujiles Norte Battán Campo Perdeíz CerroPrieto No.1 CerroPrieto No.2 El Jocomico El Junco El Naranjo El Negrito El Pate El Robledal...
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