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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Main Authors: Duwiquet, Hugo, Guillou-Frottier, Laurent, Bellanger, Mathieu, Arbaret, Laurent, Heap, Michael
Other Authors: Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans - UMR7327 (ISTO), Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) (BRGM)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Métallogénie - UMR7327, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) (BRGM)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) (BRGM), TLS-Geothermics, Institut de physique du globe de Strasbourg (IPGS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2021
Subjects:
high-temperature geothermal system
numerical modelling
connected porosity
Permeability
Pontgibaud Fault Zone
French Massif Central
[SDU.STU.AG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Applied geology
Iceland
Online Access:https://hal.science/hal-02925928
https://hal.science/hal-02925928/document
https://hal.science/hal-02925928/file/DuwHWGC2020.pdf
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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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