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On the morphology and amplitude of 2D and 3D thermal anomalies induced by buoyancy-driven flow within and around fault zones
Laurent Guillou-Frottier
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BRGM, Georesources Division, 45060, Orléans, France
ISTO, UMR7327, Université d'Orléans, CNRS, BRGM, 45071,
Orléans, France
Hugo Duwiquet
BRGM, Georesources Division, 45060, Orléans, France
ISTO, UMR7327, Université d'Orléans, CNRS, BRGM, 45071,
Orléans, France
TLS-Geothermics, 31200, Toulouse, France
Gaëtan Launay
Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, P3E2C6, Sudbury, Canada
Audrey Taillefer
CFG Services, 45060, Orléans, France
Vincent Roche
ISTEP, UMR7193, Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, 75005, Paris,
France
Gaétan Link
GET, UMR 5563, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, CNRS, IRD,
CNES, 31400, Toulouse, France
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Short summary
In the first kilometers of the subsurface, temperature anomalies due to heat conduction rarely exceed 20–30°C. However, when deep hot fluids in the shallow crust flow upwards, for example through permeable fault zones, hydrothermal convection can form high-temperature geothermal reservoirs. Numerical modeling of hydrothermal convection shows that vertical fault zones may host funnel-shaped, kilometer-sized geothermal reservoirs whose exploitation would not need drilling at depths below 2–3 km.
In the first kilometers of the subsurface, temperature anomalies due to heat conduction rarely...
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