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Fig. 10 | Geothermal Energy

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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

Fig. 10

Conceptual model of the intrusion of thermal waters from crystalline basement rocks preferentially into the marginal Muschelkalk Group (Eschbach- and Grafenwöhr-Formation) near the basin’s margin at the Vindelician High (schematic geological map, after Geyer and Gwinner 2011). In the NW-part of the investigation area the Heilbronn Formation separates the Upper Muschelkalk aquifer from the Lower, while in the SE due to the pinch-out of the Heilbronn Formation and facies changes a combined aquifer exists. Abbreviations: mo—Upper Muschelkalk, mm—Middle Muschelkalk, mu—Lower Muschelkalk

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