Rhine graben

Thermodynamic model calculations, which take into account the current temperature gradient in the Rhine graben and the composition of the altered granite, have shown that the hydrothermal fluids present in the granite cause a new stage of alteration (Komninou Yardley 1997). Model calculations have been performed in order to predict the formation of new... 

Brun, J. P., Wenzel, F. ECORS TEAM 1991. Crustal-scale structure of the southern Rhine graben from ECORS-DEKORP seismic reflection data. Geology, 19, 758-762. 

Dezayes, C., Villemin, T. Pecher, A. 2000. Microfracture pattern compared to core-scale fractures in the borehole of the Soultz-sous-Forets granite, Rhine graben, France. Journal of Structural Geology, 22, 723-733. 

Komninou, A. Yardley, B. W. 1997. Fluid-rock interaction in the Rhine Graben a thermodynamic model of the hydrothermal alteration observed in deep drilling. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61, 515-531. 

Pauwels, H., Fouillac, C. Fouillac, A. M. 1993. Chemistry and isotopes of deep geothermal saline fluids in the upper Rhine Graben origin of compounds and water-rock interactions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 57, 2737 -2749. 

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Person M. A. and Garven G. (1992) Hydrologic constraints on petroleum generation within continental rift basins theory and apphcation to the Rhine Graben. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geologists Bull. 76, 468—488. 

We distinguish clay smear from fault gouge in accordance with Smith (1980). We identify clay smear based on the description of Lehner and Pilaar (1997), our own observations of the Rhine graben browncoal mines and the results of our numerical modelling. In accordance with Smith (1980), clay smears are understood to be clay fault filling derived from bedded material. 

Heling, D., 1978. Diagenesis of illite in argillaceous sediments of the Rhine graben. Clay Miner., 13 211—220. 

Geng, a. Zeeh, S. (1995) Diagenesis of Middle Triassic Muschelkalk carbonate rocks of the Rhine graben and adjacent areas (southwest Germany). Z. dt. geol. Ges., 146, 372-385. 

The European HDR project site at Soultz-sous-Forets is located on a local horst structure in the Rhine Graben, where Hercynian age granites are covered by a 1.4 km thick sedimentary section (Baria et al., 1999). Well GPK-1 was drilled to 3,590 m depth (open hole below 2,850 m depth), and since 1987 it has been used for a number of... 

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