Ignacio F. Garcia Meza

Mr. Ignacio F. Garcia Meza

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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

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12 October 2024 in Remote Sensing
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IMIgnacio F. Garcia Meza
Ignacio F. Garcia Meza
AGAlejandro Gonzalez-Ortega
Alejandro Gonzalez-Ortega
OSOlga Sarychikhina
Olga Sarychikhina
Eric Jameson FieldingEric Jameson Fielding
Eric Jameson Fielding
Sergey V. SamsonovSergey V. Samsonov
Sergey V. Samsonov
The Cerro Prieto basin, a tectonically active pull-apart basin, hosts significant geothermal resources currently being exploited in the Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field (CPGF). Consequently, natural tectonic processes and anthropogenic activities contribute to three-dimensional surface displacements in this pull-apart basin. Here, we obtained the Cerro Prieto Step-Over 3D surface velocity field (3DSVF) by accomplishing a weighted least square algorithm inversion from geometrically quasi-orthogonal airborne UAVSAR and RADARSAT-2, Sentinel 1A satellite Synthetic Aperture-Radar (SAR) imagery collected from 2012 to 2016. The 3DSVF results show a vertical rate of 150 mm/yr and 40 mm/yr for the horizontal rate, where for the first time, the north component displacement is achieved by using only the Interferometric SAR time series in the CPGF. Data integration and validation between the 3DSVF and ground-based measurements such as continuous GPS time series and precise leveling data were achieved. Correlating the findings with recent geothermal energy production revealed a subsidence rate slowdown that aligns with the CPGF’s annual vapor production.