Freymark, J. and Sippel, J. and Scheck-Wenderoth, M. and Bär, K. and Stiller, M. and Kracht, M. and Fritsche, J.-G. (2015):
Heterogeneous crystalline crust controls the shallow thermal field – a case study of Hessen (Germany).
In: Energy Procedia, pp. 331-340, (76), ISSN 18766102, [Online-Edition: DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.837.],
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Abstract
We present a seismic- and 3D-gravity-constrained lithospheric-scale 3D structural model of Hessen that differentiates 7 sedimentary units, 5 Variscan upper crustal bodies, the lower crystalline crust and the lithospheric mantle. To predict the presentday subsurface temperatures, we solve the steady-state conductive heat equation by using a 3D FE method and assigning lithology-dependent thermal properties. We show that the thermal field is mainly controlled by the varying radiogenic heat production in the crystalline crust, which results in a colder NW and a warmer SE domain. Locally, this regional trend is superimposed by thermal blanketing of low-conductive sediments leading to higher temperatures.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Erschienen: | 2015 |
| Creators: | Freymark, J. and Sippel, J. and Scheck-Wenderoth, M. and Bär, K. and Stiller, M. and Kracht, M. and Fritsche, J.-G. |
| Title: | Heterogeneous crystalline crust controls the shallow thermal field – a case study of Hessen (Germany) |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | We present a seismic- and 3D-gravity-constrained lithospheric-scale 3D structural model of Hessen that differentiates 7 sedimentary units, 5 Variscan upper crustal bodies, the lower crystalline crust and the lithospheric mantle. To predict the presentday subsurface temperatures, we solve the steady-state conductive heat equation by using a 3D FE method and assigning lithology-dependent thermal properties. We show that the thermal field is mainly controlled by the varying radiogenic heat production in the crystalline crust, which results in a colder NW and a warmer SE domain. Locally, this regional trend is superimposed by thermal blanketing of low-conductive sediments leading to higher temperatures. |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Energy Procedia |
| Number: | 76 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Upper Rhine Graben; structural model; gravity modelling; conductive thermal model; Variscan domains |
| Divisions: | 11 Department of Materials and Earth Sciences > Earth Science > Geothermal Science and Technology 11 Department of Materials and Earth Sciences > Earth Science 11 Department of Materials and Earth Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Nov 2015 15:45 |
| Official URL: | DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.837. |
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