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Articles | Volume 17, issue 1
Articles | Volume 17, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-17-113-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-17-113-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 1
Research article
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21 Jan 2026
Research article |  | 21 Jan 2026

A fracture rarely comes alone: associations of fractures and stylolites in analogue outcrops improve borehole image interpretations of fractured carbonate geothermal reservoirs

Jasper Hupkes, Pierre-Olivier Bruna, Giovanni Bertotti, Myrthe Doesburg, and Andrea Moscariello

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We use analogue outcrops to predict orientations of the background fracture network in the subsurface. The novelty of our research is that we group different sets of fractures and stylolites into associations, based on the orientation of the stress field in which they formed. We apply this methodology to the Geneva Basin. Regional observations enable us to predict fracture orientations in the subsurface. 45 % of the fractures observed on image logs of two wells fit the prediction.
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