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Sorey et al. 1995
Sorey, M.L., Farrar, C.D., Marshall, G.A. and Howle, J.F. (1995). Effects of geothermal development on deformation in the Long Valley caldera, eastern California, 1985–1994. Journal of Geophysical Research 100: doi: 10.1029/95JB00955. issn: 0148-0227.

Long Valley caldera in east central California has been the site of crustal unrest in the form of seismicity and ground deformation in response to magmatic inflation since 1980. Uplift of the resurgent dome has totaled ~0.6 m over the 1975--1992 period. Within this region of uplift, and near the southwestern edge of the resurgent dome, is the Casa Diablo area, which experienced relative subsidence of 0.17 m between 1985 and 1992. Geothermal fluid production began at Casa Diablo in 1985 to supply a binary electric power plant; currently, three such plants generate a total of about 40 MW of electricity. The plants are supplied by 170 ¿C water pumped from depths near 150 m; all the produced water is reinjected at cooler temperatures at depths near 600 m. Analyses of data from (1) regional leveling lines and a network of bench marks in the geothermal well field area, (2) tilt observations from an L-shaped array of bench marks, and (3) calculations relating pressure and temperature changes to subsidence indicate that relative subsidence at Casa Diablo results mainly from reductions in pressure in the shallow production reservoir and overlying formations and reductions in temperature in the underlying injection reservoir. Secondary effects on deformation are caused by offsets along the Taylor-Bryant fault bounding the west side of the well field.

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Keywords
Volcanology, Hydrothermal systems, Hydrology, Water/energy interactions, Physical Properties of Rocks, Fracture and flow
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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