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Dijkshoorn, L. (2012) The earth as energy stock—Natural and enhanced behavior of thermal resistances, heat storage capacity and heat flow in the earth and their relevance to the geothermal power of a deep coaxial borehole heat exchangerin the Eifel-Maas region. Ph.D. Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen.

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• TITLE: Relative importance of different physical processes on upper crustal specific heat flow in the Eifel-Maas region, Central Europe and ramifications for the production of geothermal energy

  AUTHORS: Lydia Dijkshoorn, Christoph Clauser

  KEYWORDS: Crustal Heat Flow; Physical Process Modeling; Eifel; Geothermal Energy; Hydrothermal System

  JOURNAL NAME: Natural Science, Vol.5 No.2A, February 27, 2013

  ABSTRACT: We study the recent upper crustal heat flow variations caused by long-term physical processes such as paleoclimate, erosion, sedimentation and mantle plume upwelling. As specific heat flow is a common lower boundary condition in many models of heat en fluid flow in the Earth’s crust we quantify its long-term transient variation caused by paleoclimate, erosion or sedimentation, mantle plume upwelling and deep groundwater flow. The studied area extends between the Eifel mountains and the Maas river inCentral Europe. The total variation due to these processes in our study area amounts to tectonic events manifested in the studied area 20 mW/m2, about 30% of the present day specific heat flow in the region.