Fluid-dynamics driving saline water in the North East German Basin

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 1056-1069

  Magri, Fabien ^a   Bayer, Ulf ^a   Jahnke, Christoph ^d   Clausnitzer, V ^b   Diersch, H J ^b   Fuhrman, J ^c   Moller P ^a   Pekdeger, A ^e   Tesmer, M ^e   Voigt, H J ^d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b WASY GmbH   (Germany)

^c WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

^d BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D thermohaline modelling; Convective flow; North German Basin; Regional flow; Salt springs and pots; Sedimentary basins

Indexed keywords

BRINE; CONVECTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH GERMAN BASIN;

EID: 31144462084     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-005-0497-9     Document Type: Article

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