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Temperature Data From Wells in Long Valley Caldera, California

Selected References

• Bailey, R.A., 1989, Geologic map of the Long Valley Caldera, Mono-Inyo Craters volcanic chain, Eastern California: U.S. Geological Survey Map I-1933, 1:62,500, 2 sheets with pamphlet.
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• Diment, W.H., Urban, T.C., and Nathenson, M., 1980, Notes on the shallow thermal regime of the Long Valley Caldera, Mono County, California: Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, v. 4, p. 37-40.
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• Farrar, C.D., Sorey, M.L., Rojstaczer, S.A., Janik, C.J., Winnett, T.L., and Clark, M.D., 1987, Hydrologic and geochemical monitoring in Long Valley Caldera, Mono County, California 1985: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigation Report 87-4090, 71 p.
• Farrar, C.D., Sorey, M.L., Rojstaczer, S.A., Steinemann, A.C., and Clark, M.D., 1989, Hydrologic and geochemical monitoring in Long Valley Caldera, Mono County, California 1986: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigation Report 89-4033, 69 p.
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• Urban, T.C., and Diment, W.H., 1988, Precision temperature log in the hottest well in the Long Valley Caldera, California; implications as to hydrothermal conditions and fluid exchange along the well: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, no. 7, p.92.
• Urban, T.C., Diment, W.H., and Sorey, M.L., 1987a, Hydrothermal regime of the southwest moat of the Long Valley Caldera, Mono County, California and its relation to seismicity; new evidence from the Shady Rest borehole (RD08): Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, v. 11, p. 391-400.
• Urban, T.C., Diment, W.H., and Sorey, M.L., 1987b, Temperatures and natural gamma ray logs obtained in 1986 Shady Rest drill hole RD08, Mammoth Lakes, Mono County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-291, 100 p.
• Urban, T.C., Nathenson, M., and Diment, W.H., 1987c, BPE and BPD; BASIC programs for microcomputers to calculate the local boiling point and the boiling point depth curve for ''pure'' water: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-17, 58 p.
• Urban, T.C., Diment, W H., and Moses, T.H, 1988, Heat transport mechanisms in the west moat of the Long Valley Caldera, California, as revealed by precision temperature logs in PLV-1 repeated over a 3-yr interval: Eos (American Geophysical Union Transactions), v. 69, no. 44, p. 1187.
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