Abstract
Due to the scarcity of heat flow data in the region of Ensenada, Baja California (Mexico), the present study calculated them using the silica geothermometer technique. The average heat flow value determined was 123.33 ± 35.57 mW m–2 (2.95 ± 0.85 HFU). Four zones within the study area, related to the main fault systems of the region, were found to have high hydrothermal activity. The potential use of geothermal resources in the area is feasible as it is considered a low geothermal system with water temperature values, above the static water level, that vary from 30ºC to 108ºC.
Highlights
The continental borderland of southern California (USA) and northern Baja California INTRODUCCIÓNLa zona fronteriza continental del sur de California (USA) y el norte de Baja CaliforniaCiencias Marinas, Vol 27, No 4, 2001(Mexico) are a geologically complicated part of the broad tectonic boundary between the North America and Pacific plates
Smith et al (1979) and García-Estrada (1989) observed that in the western region of North America, the heat flow provinces are associated with the physiographical provinces, since both are the result of Cenozoic tectonic events, such as the subduction of the Farrallon plate, and the opening of the Gulf of California
This great tectonic activity originated the Baja California Peninsula (Atwater, 1970; Gastil et al, 1975) and the subduction process which gave as result the paleotransform fault known as Agua Blanca (Gastil et al, 1979)
Summary
The continental borderland of southern California (USA) and northern Baja California INTRODUCCIÓNLa zona fronteriza continental del sur de California (USA) y el norte de Baja CaliforniaCiencias Marinas, Vol 27, No 4, 2001(Mexico) are a geologically complicated part of the broad tectonic boundary between the North America and Pacific plates. Smith et al (1979) and García-Estrada (1989) observed that in the western region of North America, the heat flow provinces are associated with the physiographical provinces, since both are the result of Cenozoic tectonic events, such as the subduction of the Farrallon plate, and the opening of the Gulf of California. This great tectonic activity originated the Baja California Peninsula (Atwater, 1970; Gastil et al, 1975) and the subduction process which gave as result the paleotransform fault known as Agua Blanca (Gastil et al, 1979). It determines the whole physiography in the area of Punta Banda, the Maneadero Valley and the Todos Santos Islands but it belongs to the tectonic province of Agua Blanca-San Miguel, where most of the active springs in the area have been reported (Gastil et al, 1981; Quintanilla-Montoya and Suárez-Vidal, 1992)
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