The development of geothermal resources has been delayed in the United States for several reasons: the ready availability of low-cost fossil fuels, the general remoteness from load centers of geothermal areas, and more recently the illusion that nuclear power plants would provide all our needed power at a low cost...
The stacks off the southern Oregon coast have been studied very little because of difficulties of access (see, for example, Weissenborn and Snavely, 1968). Work described herein was helicopter-supported; skillful piloting by Earl Lady permitted landings on or close approaches to many stacks. To help delineate the structure, field work...