Crustal Fault Zones: New targets for geothermal exploration? Insights from the Pontgibaud Fault Zone in the French Massif Central
International audience Using a multidisciplinary approach, the present study aims to understand the potential of a new and novel type of geothermal system for high temperature and electricity production: Crustal Fault Zones (CFZ). Due to an intensive multivariate dataset, the Pontgibaud fault zone e...
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Format: | Conference Object |
Language: | English |
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HAL CCSD
2021
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Online Access: | https://hal.science/hal-02925928 https://hal.science/hal-02925928/document https://hal.science/hal-02925928/file/DuwHWGC2020.pdf |
Summary: | International audience Using a multidisciplinary approach, the present study aims to understand the potential of a new and novel type of geothermal system for high temperature and electricity production: Crustal Fault Zones (CFZ). Due to an intensive multivariate dataset, the Pontgibaud fault zone emerges as an ideal case study for understanding the factors controlling fluid flow in a fault zone system. 2D and 3D numerical modelling, as well as field and laboratory data, made it possible to quantify this new geothermal resource. |
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