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Table 1 Densities used for the gravity forward modelling obtained by comparing measurements in Soultz boreholes (Genter[1990]; Grecksch et al.[2003]; Rummel and König[1991]) with average regional densities (Campos-Enriquez et al.[1992]; Edel and Weber[1995]; Papillon[1995]; Rotstein et al.[2006])

From: Possible natural fluid pathways from gravity pseudo-tomography in the geothermal fields of Northern Alsace (Upper Rhine Graben)

Series

Constituting rocks

Density (kg m−3)

Tertiary

Limestone/marls/sandstone

2,350

Jurassic

Jurassic limestone/marls

2,550

Keuper

Marls/dolomite/limestone/sandstone

2,700

Muschelkalk

Marls/dolomite/sandstone/limestone

2,700

Buntsandstein

Sandstone/conglomerate

2,500

Basement

Porphyric monzogranite/two-mica granite

2,600