Source and origin of active and fossil thermal spring systems, northern Upper Rhine Graben, Germany

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1153-1169

  Loges, Anselm ^a   Wagner, Thomas ^b   Kirnbauer, Thomas ^c   Göb, Susanne ^a   Bau, Michael ^d   Berner, Zsolt ^e   Markl, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Technische Fachhochschule Georg Agricola   (Germany)

^d JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; FRACTURE FILLING; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; GERMANY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ISOTOPE DATA; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SPRING DISCHARGES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; TERTIARY SEDIMENTS; THERMAL WATERS; UPPER RHINE GRABEN; VARISCAN; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; BARITE; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; FRACTURE; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPREGNATION; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; MIXING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SINTERING; STRONTIUM;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; BARITE; BASEMENT ROCK; COOLING; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; FOSSIL; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MINERALIZATION; PERCOLATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TERTIARY; THERMAL SPRING; THERMAL WATER; WATER TABLE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

RHINE GRABEN;

EID: 84860365841     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.02.024     Document Type: Article

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