Articles | Volume 13, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-935-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-935-2022
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02 Jun 2022
Research article |  | 02 Jun 2022

Interdisciplinary fracture network characterization in the crystalline basement: a case study from the Southern Odenwald, SW Germany

Matthis Frey, Claire Bossennec, Lukas Seib, Kristian Bär, Eva Schill, and Ingo Sass

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The crystalline basement is considered a ubiquitous and almost inexhaustible source of geothermal energy in the Upper Rhine Graben. Interdisciplinary investigations of relevant reservoir properties were carried out on analogous rocks in the Odenwald. The highest hydraulic conductivities are expected near large-scale fault zones. In addition, the combination of structural geological and geophysical methods allows a refined mapping of potentially permeable zones.