Quaternary channels within the Northeast German Basin and their relevance on double diffusive convective transport processes: Constraints from 3-D thermohaline numerical simulations

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3156-3175

  Kaiser, Björn Onno ^a,b   Cacace, Mauro ^b   Scheck Wenderoth, Magdalena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

double diffusive convection; Northeast German Basin; numerical simulations; quarternary channels; salt structures; thermohaline processes

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; SALT TECTONICS;

DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION; NORTHEAST GERMAN BASIN; QUARTER-NARY; SALT STRUCTURES; THERMOHALINE;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAPIRISM; DOUBLE DIFFUSION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; MASS TRANSPORT; QUATERNARY; SALINITY; SALT DOME; TERTIARY;

NORTH GERMAN BASIN; NORTHEAST GERMAN BASIN;

EID: 84885140424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20192     Document Type: Article

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