… Thus, the fluid in the upper continental crust is an aqueous electrolyte solution or simply
water (specifically groundwater). Although research drill holes to 9- and 12-km depth exist, …

… Continental Deep Drilling Program (KTB) boreholes provided samples for studies of fluid
inclusions (paleofluids), “free fluids… fluids, their migration pathways, and their sources. Aqueous …

… The major physical and thermal driving forces for fluid flow in the upper continental crust
may be conveniently divided into three groups: (1) topography or gravity, (2) fluid released by …

… fluid flow in the upper continental crust. Flow in the continental crust differs from that in the
oceanic crust … Solar energy drives fluid flow in several ways. W inds move water vapor from the …

… , physical properties are likely to be strongly influenced by the presence of fractures
containing fluids at high pore pressures. A model for the continental crust and upper mantle, …

… In the uppermost crust we are used to the idea of fluid behaviour being dominated by intrinsic
factors such as the porosity and permeability of host rocks, but with increasing depth and …

… into the upper crust either by water or melts (Smithson and Decker, 1973). In the following
we investigate the consequence of fluids in the ductile part of the lower crust assuming its …

… In the stabilized crust of Precambrian cratons, surface fluids do not infiltrate to a depth
exceeding a few kilometres. But the continental crust can be traversed by mantle-derived fluids …

… differentiation of the continental crust occurs at … fluid along zones of high-strain deformation
or via fracture networks, or recycling of the fluid dissolved in melt via melt migration and fluid …

… upper continental crust is scarce. The pilot hole of the deep research drillhole (KTB) in crystalline
basement of central Germany provided access to the crust … 3 of saline fluid was pumped …