Fracture flow due to hydrothermally induced quartz growth

T Kling, JO Schwarz, F Wendler, F Enzmann… - Advances in Water …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mineral precipitations are a common feature and limitation of initially open, permeable rock
fractures by forming sealing structures or secondary roughness in open voids. Hence, the …

Comparison of surface roughness and transport processes of sawed, split and natural sandstone fractures

S Frank, T Heinze, S Wohnlich - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
In single fractures, dispersion is often linked to the roughness of the fracture surfaces and
the resulting local aperture distribution. To experimentally investigate the effects of diverse …

Geochemical characterization of the Villarrica geothermal system, Southern Chile, part II: site-specific re-evaluation of SiO2 and Na-K solute geothermometers

F Nitschke, S Held, T Neumann, T Kohl - Geothermics, 2018 - Elsevier
Solute geothermometry often leads to a broad range and often inconsistent calculated
reservoir temperatures, in particular when exploring geothermal systems, where only limited …

Experimental reproducibility and natural variability of hydraulic transport properties of fractured sandstone samples

S Frank, T Heinze, M Ribbers, S Wohnlich - Geosciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Flow and transport processes in fractured systems are not yet fully understood, and it is
challenging to determine the respective parameters experimentally. Studies on 10 samples …

Digital rock approach to model the permeability in an artificially heated and fractured granodiorite from the Liquiñe Geothermal System (39 S)

E Molina, G Arancibia, J Sepúlveda, T Roquer… - Rock Mechanics and …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes has a high potential in terms of
geothermal resources and is an exceptional and poorly explored natural laboratory to study …

Assessment of performance and parameter sensitivity of multicomponent geothermometry applied to a medium enthalpy geothermal system

F Nitschke, S Held, I Villalon, T Neumann, T Kohl - Geothermal energy, 2017 - Springer
The determination of reservoir temperatures represents a major task when exploring
geothermal systems. Since the uncertainties of classical solute geothermometry are still …

Application of a Modified Warpinski Method for In-Situ Horizontal Stress Prediction Coupled with Thermal Effects

MC Duarte, FB Fernandes, E Gildin… - ARMA US Rock …, 2024 - onepetro.org
Understanding the effect of in-situ stresses on geological formations has been modeled over
the years aiming to evaluate their behavior in zones of interest. The relationship between …

CO2, gas-H2Oliquid isotope exchange rates up to 150° C–Experimental study and application to hydrothermal CO2

M Kalb, T Kluge, H Eckhardt, A Weise… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
CO 2 isotopologues of hydrothermal origin may yield unique information about the
hydrothermal system such as the reservoir temperature or advection velocities. The full …

[PDF][PDF] In-situ Temperature Determination at the Villarrica Geothermal System, Southern Chile: Implications from Laboratory Experiments for Geothermometry

F Nitschke, S Held, I Villalon… - … , 42nd Workshop on …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Exploring a geothermal system the determination of reservoir temperatures is a major task.
Unfavorably, the uncertainties of classical solute geothermometry are still large preventing …