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From: The Muschelkalk aquifer of the Molasse basin in SW-Germany: implications on the origin and development of highly saline lithium-rich brines in calcareous hydrothermal reservoirs

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Left: location of the Molasse Basin in SW-Germany in the State Baden-Württemberg (light blue area). The figure shows the location of the Permocarboniferous (Uppermost Carboniferous to mid Permian) North Swiss (or northern Helvetian) and Upper Swabian troughs in the crystalline basement (Rupf and Nitsch 2008) and the so-called Aulendorf swell in between. The ‘blue dotted line’ marks the SE-ward pinch-out of the Buntsandstein Group below the Muschelkalk Group, hence SE of that line—except for the limited areas of the Upper Permocarboniferous troughs—the Muschelkalk Group directly overlies the crystalline basement. Right: schematic stratigraphic column of the main ‘formations’ in the deeper part of the Molasse Basin (T—Upper Carboniferous/Permian trough)

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