High-resolution 3D seismic imaging and refined velocity model building improve the image of a deep geothermal reservoir in the Upper Rhine Graben

Salaun, N.; Toubiana, H.; Mitschler, J.; Gigou, G.; Carriere, X.; Maurer, Vincent; Richard, Alexandre

doi:10.1190/tle39120857.1

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High-resolution 3D seismic imaging and refined velocity model building improve the image of a deep geothermal reservoir in the Upper Rhine Graben

Published in The Leading Edge • Dec 1, 2020

Authors:

N. Salaun

H. Toubiana

J. Mitschler

Abstract

Abstract Over the past 35 years, geothermal projects have been developed in the Upper Rhine Graben (URG) to exploit deep geothermal energy. Underneath approximately 2 km of sedimentary deposits, the deep target consists of a granitic basement, which is highly fractured and hydrothermally altered. Th...

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Geology

Geothermal gradient

Graben

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