Lithosphere tectonics and thermo-mechanical properties: an integrated modelling approach for Enhanced Geothermal Systems exploration in Europe

S Cloetingh, JD van Wees, PA Ziegler, L Lenkey… - Earth-Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
Knowledge of temperature at drillable depth is a prerequisite in site selection for geothermal
exploration and development of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Equally important …

The Mesozoic Iberia-Eurasia diffuse plate boundary: A wide domain of distributed transtensional deformation progressively focusing along the North Pyrenean Zone

R Asti, N Saspiturry, P Angrand - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Plate kinematic reconstructions available for the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous eastward
drift and counterclockwise rotation of the Iberian plate imply a major left-lateral motion of …

Crustal evolution of western and central Europe

PA Ziegler, P Dèzes - Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 2006 - lyellcollection.org
A new Moho depth map has been assembled for Western and Central Europe and the
Western Mediterranean area that is exclusively based on published regional Moho depth …

Post-Variscan (end Carboniferous-Early Permian) basin evolution in western and central Europe

T McCann, C Pascal, MJ Timmerman… - Geological Society …, 2006 - lyellcollection.org
The Variscan orogeny, resulting from the collision of Laurussia with Gondwana to form the
supercontinent of Pangaea, was followed by a period of crustal instability and re …

[HTML][HTML] Structural characterization of naturally fractured geothermal reservoirs in the central Upper Rhine Graben

C Glaas, J Vidal, A Genter - Journal of Structural Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
Image logs and the continuous coring of 8 geothermal wells in the Central Upper Rhine
Graben (URG) are used for the structural characterization of 3 geothermal reservoirs at …

The Permo-Carboniferous Oslo Rift through six stages and 65 million years

BT Larsen, S Olaussen, B Sundvoll… - …, 2008 - indianjournalofcomputerscience …
Abstract The Oslo Rift is the northernmost part of the Rotliegendes basin system in Europe.
The rift was formed by lithospheric stretching north of the Tornquist fault system and is …

[HTML][HTML] Structural inheritance and hydrothermal alteration impact on fluid circulation in a clay-rich shear zone

B Avakian, BA Ledésert, G Trullenque… - Journal of Structural …, 2025 - Elsevier
Deep geothermal power plants in the Upper Rhine Graben (URG) harness natural hot
brines circulating within the fracture network of basement rocks. The nature and geometry of …

Mine water as geothermal resource in nowa ruda region (SW Poland)

K Chudy - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Lower Silesian Coal Basin in south-western Poland was a region of intensive coal
mining until the late 1990s. After mining was stopped and the mines were closed, the …

Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic basin inversion and palaeostress fields in the North Atlantic-western Alpine-Tethys realm: implications for intraplate tectonics

R Stephenson, C Schiffer, A Peace, SB Nielsen… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Intraplate basin/structural inversion (indicating tectonic shortening) is a good marker of (“far-
field”) tectonic stress regime changes that are linked to plate geometries and interactions, a …

Multi-phase reactivations and inversions of Paleozoic–Mesozoic extensional basins during the Wilson cycle: case studies from the North Sea (UK) and the Northern …

V Scisciani, S Patruno, E Tavarnelli… - Geological Society …, 2019 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Caledonian and Variscan orogens in northern Europe and the Alpine-age
Apennine range in Italy are classic examples of thrust belts that were developed at the …