Lithium-rich geothermal brines in Europe: An up-date about geochemical characteristics and implications for potential Li resources

B Sanjuan, B Gourcerol, R Millot, D Rettenmaier… - Geothermics, 2022 - Elsevier
Lithium (Li) is a strategic metal-especially for batteries in electric vehicles-for which
worldwide demand is constantly increasing. Presently, several investigations are examining …

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 …

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 …

REE systematics in hydrothermal fluorite

G Schwinn, G Markl - Chemical Geology, 2005 - Elsevier
REE patterns of fluorite from 63 post-Variscan hydrothermal veins of the Schwarzwald area,
Germany, can be divided into two major groups. Type A fluorite shows roof-shaped PAAS …

Fluids in the upper continental crust

K Bucher, I Stober - Geofluids, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Geofluids (2010) 10, 241–253 Abstract The brittle upper continental crust predominantly
consists of granite and gneiss. Fractures form an interconnected network of water …

[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 …

The connection between hydrothermal fluids, mineralization, tectonics and magmatism in a continental rift setting: Fluorite Sm-Nd and hematite and carbonates U-Pb …

BF Walter, A Gerdes, IC Kleinhanns, I Dunkl… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding the physical basics of tectonic events, related fluid flow and ore deposition
represents one of the great challenges in modern geosciences. In this contribution, Sm-Nd …

Major and trace element compositions (including REE) of mineral, thermal, mine and surface waters in SW Germany and implications for water–rock interaction

S Göb, A Loges, N Nolde, M Bau, DE Jacob… - Applied Geochemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
The near-surface water cycle in a geologically complex area comprises very different
sources including meteoric, metamorphic and magmatic ones. Fluids from these sources …

Origin of salinity of deep groundwater in crystalline rocks

Stober, Bucher - Terra Nova, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Deep groundwater in fractured crystalline basement has been reported from deep mines
and from scientific deep wells. Highly saline brines have been described from several km …