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Reconstructing post-Jurassic overburden in central Europe: new insights from mudstone compaction and thermal history analyses of the Franconian Alb, SE Germany
Simon Freitag
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GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU)
Erlangen–Nürnberg, Schlossgarten 5, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
Michael Drews
Geothermal Technologies, Technical University of Munich (TUM),
Arcisstraße 21, 80333 Munich, Germany
Wolfgang Bauer
GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU)
Erlangen–Nürnberg, Schlossgarten 5, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
Florian Duschl
Geothermal Technologies, Technical University of Munich (TUM),
Arcisstraße 21, 80333 Munich, Germany
David Misch
Department für Angewandte Geowissenschaften und Geophysik,
Montanuniversität Leoben, Peter-Tunner-Straße 5, 8700 Leoben,
Austria
Harald Stollhofen
GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU)
Erlangen–Nürnberg, Schlossgarten 5, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Short summary
The carbonates of the Malm are the main reservoir rocks for hydrothermal heat and power generation in southern Germany. To better understand these buried rocks, the carbonates exposed in northern Bavaria are often investigated. As the petrophysical properties of carbonates strongly depend on their subsidence history and maximum burial depth, we will investigate this issue by analyzing mudstones, which indirectly store this type of information and are found just below the Malm carbonates.
The carbonates of the Malm are the main reservoir rocks for hydrothermal heat and power...
