Geophysical constraints on the Virgin River Depression, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona

Three-dimensional deformation and strain induced by municipal pumping, part 1: Analysis of field data

“…The basin is bounded by the Tule Spring Hills to the north, East Mormon Mountains and Mormon Mesa to the west, the Beaver Dam Mountains to the northeast, and the Virgin Mountains to the southeast and south. The Piedmont structural basin that underlies the field site is characterized by a 3000-m thick bottom unit composed of Mesozoic to Cambrian aged sandstones and carbonate rocks containing east-northeast striking faults (Langenheim et al, 2000). Nearly 1800 m of highly compressible unconsolidated sediments of Tertiary age and younger comprise most of the basin fill.…”