A review of the formation of tectonic veins and their microstructures

PD Bons, MA Elburg, E Gomez-Rivas - Journal of structural geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Veins are common features in rocks and extremely useful structures to determine stress,
strain, pressure, temperature, fluid composition and fluid origin during their formation. Here …

Long‐term chemical evolution and modification of continental basement brines–a field study from the Schwarzwald, SW Germany

BF Walter, M Burisch, G Markl - Geofluids, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Highly saline, deep‐seated basement brines are of major importance for ore‐forming
processes, but their genesis is controversial. Based on studies of fluid inclusions from …

The contribution of the Precambrian continental lithosphere to global H2 production

BS Lollar, TC Onstott, G Lacrampe-Couloume… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Microbial ecosystems can be sustained by hydrogen gas (H2)-producing water–rock
interactions in the Earth's subsurface and at deep ocean vents,,,. Current estimates of global …

Major geochemical characteristics of geothermal brines from the Upper Rhine Graben granitic basement with constraints on temperature and circulation

B Sanjuan, R Millot, C Innocent, C Dezayes… - Chemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper is the first to present the main geochemical characteristics of the native brines
collected from all the geothermal wells penetrating the granite basement underlying the …

Geothermal energy

I Stober, K Bucher - Germany: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. doi, 2013 - Springer
Geothermal energy is an inexhaustible source of thermal and electrical energy on a human
time scale. Its utilization is friendly to the environment and supplies base-load energy. The …

Deep fracture fluids isolated in the crust since the Precambrian era

G Holland, BS Lollar, L Li, G Lacrampe-Couloume… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Fluids trapped as inclusions within minerals can be billions of years old and preserve a
record of the fluid chemistry and environment at the time of mineralization,,. Aqueous fluids …

Geochemical processes controlling groundwater quality under semi arid environment: a case study in central Morocco

M Karroum, M Elgettafi, A Elmandour, C Wilske… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Bahira plain is an important area for Morocco due to its agriculture and mining activities.
Situated in a sub-arid to arid climate, this plain hosts an aquifer system that represents …

A new global database to improve predictions of permeability distribution in crystalline rocks at site scale

P Achtziger‐Zupančič, S Loew… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A comprehensive worldwide permeability data set has been compiled consisting of 29,000
in situ permeabilities from 221 publications and reports and delineating the permeability …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of water/rock− water/clay interactions and mixing in the salinization processes of groundwater

J Walter, R Chesnaux, V Cloutier, D Gaboury - Journal of Hydrology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Study region Groundwater from the Precambrian Shield rock and Pleistocene deposit
aquifers in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region (> 13 000 km 2) in the province of Quebec …

86Kr excess and other noble gases identify a billion-year-old radiogenically-enriched groundwater system

O Warr, CJ Ballentine, TC Onstott, DM Nisson… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Deep within the Precambrian basement rocks of the Earth, groundwaters can sustain
subsurface microbial communities, and are targets of investigation both for geologic storage …