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Advanced seismic characterization of a geothermal carbonate reservoir – insight into the structure and diagenesis of a reservoir in the German Molasse Basin
Sonja H. Wadas
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG), Stilleweg 2, 30655 Hanover, Germany
Johanna F. Krumbholz
Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG), Stilleweg 2, 30655 Hanover, Germany
Vladimir Shipilin
formerly at: Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG), Stilleweg 2, 30655 Hanover, Germany
now at: Geological Survey of North Rhine-Westphalia, De-Greiff-Straße 195, 47803 Krefeld, Germany
Michael Krumbholz
independent researcher
David C. Tanner
Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG), Stilleweg 2, 30655 Hanover, Germany
Hermann Buness
Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG), Stilleweg 2, 30655 Hanover, Germany
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Short summary
The geothermal carbonate reservoir below Munich, Germany, is extremely heterogeneous because it is controlled by many factors like lithology, diagenesis, karstification, and tectonic deformation. We used a 3D seismic single- and multi-attribute analysis combined with well data and a neural-net-based lithology classification to obtain an improved reservoir concept outlining its structural and diagenetic evolution and to identify high-quality reservoir zones in the Munich area.
The geothermal carbonate reservoir below Munich, Germany, is extremely heterogeneous because it...
