02 Oct 2019
| 02 Oct 2019
Lab scale salt caverns – first results on construction and investigation techniques
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Anorganische und
Isotopengeochemie, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Martin Zimmer
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Anorganische und
Isotopengeochemie, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Rik Tjallingii
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Climate Dynamics and
Landscape Evolution, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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Salt caverns are important as subsurface storage space. Knowledge of geochemical interactions in the transition zone between cavity and salt rock is necessary. Lab-based experiments were performed in hand-sized specimens by creating cm-sized cavities. XRF mapping represents a suitable technique to track spatial mineralogical changes related to rock-fluid interaction in salt rocks and showed a clear separation between Na, Mg and K salt layers. Fluorescent visualize potential fluid pathways.
Salt caverns are important as subsurface storage space. Knowledge of geochemical interactions in...
