Unravelling the pore network and its behaviour: an integrated NMR, MICP, XCT and petrographical study of continental spring carbonates from the Ballik area, SW Turkey

Applying an integrated methodology, including petrography, Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure, laboratory Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and X‐ray Computed Tomography, on continental spring carbonate reservoir analogue samples is a prerequisite to understand plug scale porosity and permeability heterogeneities. Depending on the dominant pore type...

The fate of a travertine record: Impact of early diagenesis on the Y-10 core (Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, USA)

Spring systems are efficient and fast precipitating non-marine carbonate factories, but they are also prone to (early) diagenesis. Evidence of diagenesis in travertines remains controversial as the resulting textures have been considered primary in other deposits and the impact on geochemical/palaeo-environmental signals is often poorly...

Mapping the geothermal potential of fault zones in the Belgium-Netherlands border region

Faults can determine the success or failure of low enthalpy geothermal projects. This is due to their capacity to behave as pathways or baffles to geothermal water (or both simultaneously) and their prevalence throughout the subsurface. Here we present an initial assessment of the possibility for faults in the Northern Belgium (Flanders) and...