Water-rock interaction processes in the Triassic sandstone and the granitic basement of the Rhine Graben: Geochemical investigation of a geothermal reservoir

1997 ◽  
Vol 61 (20) ◽  
pp. 4281-4295 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Aquilina ◽  
H. Pauwels ◽  
A. Genter ◽  
C. Fouillac
Keyword(s):  
Geothermal Reservoir ◽  
Rock Interaction ◽  
Interaction Processes ◽  
Rhine Graben ◽  
Geochemical Investigation ◽  
Triassic Sandstone ◽  
Water Rock Interaction

scholarly journals Preliminary chemical characterization of groundwater in the Rome Municipality

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Pizzino ◽  
Daniele Cinti ◽  
Monia Procesi ◽  
Alessandra Sciarra
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Elements ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Mineral Waters ◽  
Measured Temperature ◽  
Large Variability ◽  
Rock Interaction ◽  
Interaction Processes ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Water Rock Interaction

In summer 2015 a geochemical survey on groundwater was carried out at 31 sampling points (wells and piezometers) belonging to the new “Official monitoring groundwater network of Rome Municipality” (GMNR). The following parameters were measured: temperature, pH, electrical conductivity (i.e. salinity) and alkalinity; these data were used to compute partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2). Furthermore, samples were collected to characterise waters from a chemical point of view (major elements). To implement our data - base, chemical analyses of 6 CO2 - rich mineral waters of Rome were considered. Hydrochemical survey was mainly devoted to: i) classify waters in chemical facies; ii) investigate the main water-rock interaction processes governing the water’s chemical evolution, also affected by variable amounts of dissolved CO2 and iii) define the pCO2 level in groundwater in the frame of the knowledge so far acquired in the Tyrrhenian sector of central Italy.. Groundwater shows a dominant Ca-HCO3 chemistry; some samples belong to Na-HCO3, Na-Cl and CaCl2 hydrochemical facies. In the dominant facies waters show a large variability in the abundance of chemical elements, in their salinity (ranging between 0.46 e 3.83 g/l) and pH (in the interval 5.87-7.22); these features are mainly due to different water-rock interaction processes together with the presence of variable CO2 contents. Na-HCO3 waters show the lowest salinity values (TDS up to 0.32 g/l) and strongly alkaline pH; cation exchange processes with clays, causing Na enrichment and Ca and Mg removal from solution, can be invoked to justify the observed chemistry. Waters of the Castel Fusano Natural Reserve (CFNR) belong to the Na-Cl and Ca-Cl2 facies; the different chemistry reflects the geochemical processes going on in the considered coastal aquifers such as: i) mixing between freshwater and saline waters of marine origin (fossil waters, seawater intrusion) and ii) cationic exchanges with clays that make up the less permeable sediments of the area. Two samples of the CFNR group have Ca-HCO3 chemistry and represent aquifers not affected by salinization processes. Calculated pCO2 distribution is highly variable, from low (0.03 bar) to high values (0.72 bar), implying different CO2 input (and origin) in the studied aquifers. Highest levels of carbon dioxide are linked to the degassing processes going on in the Tyrrhenian sector of Central Italy.

scholarly journals U-, Pb-enrichment, Sr-depletion Produced by Water-rock Interaction Processes within the Eclogitic Oceanic Crust of Ordovician Age in NE Sardinia

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 508-511
Author(s):  
Gabriele Cruciani ◽  
Marcello Franceschelli ◽  
Mariano Puxeddu
Keyword(s):  
Oceanic Crust ◽  
Rock Interaction ◽  
Interaction Processes ◽  
Water Rock Interaction

Water-Rock Interaction Processes Seen through Thermodynamics

Elements ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 305-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Zuddas
Keyword(s):  
Rock Interaction ◽  
Interaction Processes ◽  
Water Rock Interaction

Element and isotope mobility during water–rock interaction processes

2005 ◽  
Vol 30 (17-18) ◽  
pp. 993-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cedric Corteel ◽  
Andrea Dini ◽  
Annette Deyhle
Keyword(s):  
Rock Interaction ◽  
Interaction Processes ◽  
Water Rock Interaction

scholarly journals FluidRock Interactions in a Paleo-Geothermal Reservoir (Noble Hills Granite, California, USA). Part 2: The Influence of Fracturing on Granite Alteration Processes and Fluid Circulation at Low to Moderate Regional Strain

Geosciences ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 433
Author(s):  
Johanne Klee ◽  
Arezki Chabani ◽  
Béatrice A. Ledésert ◽  
Sébastien Potel ◽  
Ronan L. Hébert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Geothermal Reservoir ◽  
Death Valley ◽  
Distribution Analysis ◽  
Fracture Density ◽  
Fracture Zones ◽  
Rock Interaction ◽  
Interaction Processes ◽  
Regional Strain ◽  
Alteration Processes ◽  
Fracture Distribution

Fracture connectivity within fractured granitic basement geothermal reservoirs is an important factor controlling their permeability. This study aims to improve the understanding of fluid–rock interaction processes at low to moderate regional strain. The Noble Hills range (Death Valley, CA, USA) was chosen as a naturally exhumed paleo geothermal reservoir. A series of petrographic, petrophysical, and geochemical investigations, combined with a fracture distribution analysis, were carried out on samples collected across fracture zones. Our results indicate that several generations of fluids have percolated through the reservoir. An increase of (1) the alteration degree; (2) the porosity values; and (3) the calcite content was observed when approaching fracture zones. No correlation was identified among the alteration degree, the porosity, or the calcite content. At a local scale, samples showed that the degree of alteration does not necessarily depend on the fracture density or on the amount of the strain. It is concluded that the combined influence of strain and coeval fluid–rock interaction processes drastically influence the petrophysical properties of fracture zones, which in turn impact geothermal production potential.

Mylonites of the South Armorican Shear Zone: Insights for crustal-scale fluid flow and water–rock interaction processes

2012 ◽  
Vol 56-57 ◽  
pp. 86-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romain Tartèse ◽  
Philippe Boulvais ◽  
Marc Poujol ◽  
Thomas Chevalier ◽  
Jean-Louis Paquette ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Shear Zone ◽  
The South ◽  
Rock Interaction ◽  
Interaction Processes ◽  
Water Rock Interaction

scholarly journals Water–rock interactions in the Bruchsal geothermal system by U–Th series radionuclides

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Kölbel ◽  
Thomas Kölbel ◽  
Ulrich Maier ◽  
Martin Sauter ◽  
Thorsten Schäfer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reservoir Characterization ◽  
Isotopic Fractionation ◽  
Reservoir Rock ◽  
Geothermal System ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Radium Isotopes ◽  
Rock Interaction ◽  
Removal Time ◽  
Interaction Processes ◽  
Water Rock Interaction

Abstract Uranium and thorium decay series disequilibria in deep geothermal brines are a result of water–rock interaction processes. The migratory behavior of radionuclides provides valuable site-specific information and can therefore be an important tool for reservoir characterization and sustainable management of geothermal sites. In this study, we present data from long-term monitoring of naturally occurring 238U, 232Th and 235U series radionuclides analyzed in brine samples collected from the Permo-Triassic sedimentary reservoir rock at the Bruchsal geothermal site (SW Germany). The results show that radionuclides of the elements radium (226Ra, 228Ra, 224Ra, 223Ra), radon (222Rn), and lead (210Pb, 212Pb) are rather soluble in brine, while isotopes of uranium (238U, 234U, 235U), thorium (232Th, 228Th, 230Th), polonium (210Po), and actinium (227Ac, 228Ac) have low solubilities and are mostly immobile. Activities of radium isotopes in the geothermal brine exceed those of their thorium progenitors (average 226Ra = 29.9 Bq kg−1, about 103 times that of its 230Th parent). Modelling the observed disequilibria allows the following conclusion on water–rock interaction processes: (1) supply from alpha-recoil depends on isotope half-life because it is limited by the rate of diffusion through microfractures causing isotopic fractionation. (2) Radium retardation due to adsorption is low (226Ra/222Rn = 1.3) resulting in adsorption–desorption rate constants in the order of 10−10 s−1 for k1 and 10−9 for k2. (3) Scavenging of 226Ra from brine can best be explained by co-precipitation with barite resulting in an observed 226Ra anomaly in the solids of the reservoir section. The precipitation rate constant amounts to ca. 3.4 × 10−8 s−1 corresponding to a mean removal time of radium from brine by mineral precipitation to approximately 1 year.

scholarly journals Geochemical Modeling of Water-Rock Interaction Processes in the Pollino National Park

Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
C. Apollaro ◽  
I. Fuoco ◽  
L. Bloise ◽  
E. Calabrese ◽  
L. Marini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Reaction Path ◽  
Geochemical Modeling ◽  
Analytical Data ◽  
Path Modeling ◽  
Rock Interaction ◽  
Interaction Processes ◽  
Comparison Of The Results ◽  
Reaction Path Modeling ◽  
Water Rock Interaction

This work is aimed at reconstructing the water-rock interaction processes controlling the geochemical characteristics of the shallow or relatively shallow groundwaters of the Pollino National Park, based on the data acquired for 105 water samples from local springs. Reaction path modeling of rock dissolution was carried out in a purely stoichiometric mode for the main lithotypes cropping out in the study area, that is, limestone, Mg-limestone, dolomite, serpentinite, Al-silicate fraction of calcschist, and carbonate fraction of calcschist. Reaction path modeling was carried out in a purely stoichiometric mode, considering the rocks of interest as materials of known stoichiometry and unknown thermodynamic properties. Calculations were carried out assuming a closed system for secondary solid phases whereas an open system was assumed for gases, O2(g) and CO2(g). Comparison of the results of geochemical modeling and the analytical data acquired for the groundwaters of the Pollino National Park shows that concentrations of major solutes, SiO2, Li, Al, and Fe of the different chemical types of waters, are explained by the dissolution of pertinent lithotypes. Moreover, the detected concentrations of Al, Cl, F, NO3, and SO4 are within the threshold values recommended by WHO.

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