The following images introduce using lightning data
to map geology, a new tool to use for exploration
of natural resources, and an information framework
to build on for both rural and urban planning.
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Iron County exploration uses:
- aquifers identification and mapping;
- mapping minerals extent;
- mapping possible geothermal deposits;
- mapping major faults;
- designing other geophysical surveys;
- mapping coal deposits;
- estimating possibility of coal bed methane; and
- estimating possibility of other hydrocarbons.
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Iron County planning uses:
- rock property measurements;
- optimal monitoring strikes for
forest fires & prevention;
- earthquake prediction;
- new development planning;
- probability of strikes at
golf courses / swimming pools; and
- planning storm aviation safety.
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