Influence of major fault zones on 3-D coupled fluid and heat transport for the Brandenburg region

Geothermal Energy Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-20

  Cherubini, Y ^a,b   Cacace, M ^b   Scheck Wenderoth, M ^b   Noack, V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

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EID: 84901674496     PISSN: 21954771     EISSN: 2195478X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gtes-2-1-2014     Document Type: Article

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