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Major earthquakes in Mexicali Valley, Mexico, and fluid extraction at Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field
Episodes of increased seismic moment release around the Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field (CPGF) show a significant correlation with three large increases of sustained fluid extraction, with delays of about 1 yr. Increased ...
Near-fault strong ground motions recorded during the morelia normal-fault earthquakes of may 2006 in Mexicali Valley, B. C., México
By the end of May 2006, a series of earthquakes had occurred in the Mexicali Valley, Baja California, México. This activity, which included an Mw 5.4 event, developed in the vicinity of the Cerro Prieto geothermal field. ...
Land subsidence in the Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field, Baja California, Mexico, from 1994 to 2005. An integrated analysis of DInSAR, leveling and geological data
Cerro Prieto is the oldest and largest Mexican geothermal field in operation and has been producing electricity since 1973. The large amount of geothermal fluids extracted to supply steam to the power plants has resulted ...
DInSAR analysis of land subsidence caused by geothermal fluid exploitation in the Mexicali Valley, B.C., Mexico
The Mexicali Valley is located in the northeastern Baja California, Mexico, in the southern part of Salton Trough and at the tectonic boundary between the Pacific and North American plates. This zone is characterized by ...
Subsidence and stress change in the Cerro Prieto geothermal field, B. C., Mexico
Previous works have shown that ground deformation and seismicity in the Cerro Prieto geothermal field (CPGF) are due to both tectonics and field exploitation. Here, we use information about current tectonics and data from ...
Shape and dimensions of the Cerro Prieto pull-apart basin, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, based on the regional seismic record and surface structures
The Salton Trough is a wide, actively subsiding basin where a system of an en-echelon dextral transform faults and pull-apart basins is operating. This tectonic province represents the connection between the Gulf of ...
Surface deformations in the area of Cerro Prieto (B.C., Mexico) and it relationship with seismicity, local tectonics and fluid extraction [Deformaciones superficiales en el area de Cerro Prieto, B.C, Mexico, y sus relaciones con sismicidad, tectonica local y extraccion de fluidos]
Subsidence with a mean velocity of 10 cm/year has been observed during the two last decades in the area located between Cerro Prieto and Imperial faults. On the leveling and subsidence rate maps the area has a elipsoid ...
Surface deformation associated with geothermal fluids extraction at the cerro prieto geothermal field, Baja California, Mexico revealed by dinsar technique
The Differential Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (DInSAR) is widely used for surface deformation detection and monitoring. In this paper, ERS-1/2, ENVISAT and RADARSAT-2 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images acquired ...
Fault slip, seismicity, and deformation in Mexicali Valley, Baja California, Mexico, after the M 7.1 1999 Hector Mine earthquake
A local small deformation network in Mexicali Valley (Baja California, Mexico) recorded fault slip, seismicity, and deformation produced by the 16 October 1999 M 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake 260 km away. The network consists ...