Thermal anomalies and geological structures in the Provence basin: Implications for hydrothermal circulations at depth

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-376

  Garibaldi, Cynthia ^a,b   Laurent, Guillou Frottier ^a   Lardeaux, Jean Marc ^b   Bonté, Damien ^c   Opez, Simonl ^a   Bouchot, Vincent ^a   Ledru, Patrick ^d  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

3d thermal model; BHT; Faulted areas; Fluid flow; Provence basin (france); Sedimentary basin; Thermal modeling

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

FRANCE; HERAULT; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; MONTPELLIER; PROVENCE;

EID: 77956567153     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.181.4.363     Document Type: Article

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