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The thermal field of the Upper Rhine Graben – Temperature predictions based on a 3D model

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Freymark,  J.
6.1 Basin Modelling, 6.0 Geotechnologies, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

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Sippel,  Judith
6.1 Basin Modelling, 6.0 Geotechnologies, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

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Scheck-Wenderoth,  Magdalena
6.1 Basin Modelling, 6.0 Geotechnologies, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Bär,  Kristian
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Stiller,  Manfred
2.7 Near-surface Geophysics, 2.0 Geophysics, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Fritsche,  Johann-Gerhard
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Kracht,  Matthias
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Freymark, J., Sippel, J., Scheck-Wenderoth, M., Bär, K., Stiller, M., Fritsche, J.-G., Kracht, M. (2016): The thermal field of the Upper Rhine Graben – Temperature predictions based on a 3D model - Proceedings, European Geothermal Congress (Strasbourg 2016).


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Abstract
The Upper Rhine Graben (URG) is one of the regions in Germany with promising potentials for deep geothermal energy production. As part of the EU - funded project “IMAGE” (Integrated Methods for Advanced Geothermal Exploration), we aim to understand the processes and physical rock properties that control the temperature distribution in the deep subsurface of the URG. Typically, numerical models of geothermal reservoirs are developed to predict the hydrothermal cond itions and to reduce the risk of drilling non -productive geothermal wells. One major problem related to such reservoir -scale models is setting appropriate boundary conditions that define, for instance, how much heat enters the reservoir from greater depths . To address this problem, we first develop a lithospheric -scale 3D structural model that differentiates the main geological units of the lithosphere including the shallow sedimentary basin fill but also the configuration of the deeper crust and lithospher ic mantle. Based on this model we solve the steady -state conductive heat equation to understand the first -order controlling factors of the regional thermal field. Furthermore, this regional thermal model provides the boundary conditions for smaller and hig her resolved models of the basin fill, for which coupled heat and fluid transport is simulated in a next step.