Scientific publications

Here you will find an overview of our peer-reviewed articles in refereed journals. A complete overview of our publications in various media can be found here.

Referenzierte Publikationen


2025
Karst control on reservoir performance of a developed carbonate geothermal reservoir in Munich, Germany
Hörbrand, T.; Beichel, K.; Bendias, D.; Savvatis, A.; Kohl, T.
2025. Geological Society, London, Special Publications. doi:10.1144/SP548-2024-42
2024
Stress state at faults: the influence of rock stiffness contrast, stress orientation, and ratio
Ziegler, M. O.; Seithel, R.; Niederhuber, T.; Heidbach, O.; Kohl, T.; Müller, B.; Rajabi, M.; Reiter, K.; Röckel, L.
2024. Solid Earth, 15 (8), 1047 – 1063. doi:10.5194/se-15-1047-2024Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Simulation of Temperature-Reporting Nanoparticle Tracers for Fractured Geothermal Reservoirs Characterization
Yan, G.; Andersen, P. Ø.; Qiao, Y.; Hatzignatiou, D. G.; Nitschke, F.; Spitzmüller, L.; Kohl, T.
2024. 85th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition (including the Workshop Programme), Oslo, 10th-13th June 2024, 1–5, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE). doi:10.3997/2214-4609.202410850
Numerical modeling of temperature-reporting nanoparticle tracer for fractured geothermal reservoir characterization
Yan, G.; Andersen, P. Ø.; Qiao, Y.; Hatzignatiou, D. G.; Nitschke, F.; Spitzmüller, L.; Kohl, T.
2024. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 237, Art.-Nr.: 212787. doi:10.1016/j.geoen.2024.212787
Reporting nanoparticle tracers: Validation of performance in flow-through experiments simulating reservoir conditions
Berson, J.; Rudolph, B.; Spitzmüller, L.; Kohl, T.; Schimmel, T.
2024. Journal of Hydrology, 637, Art.-Nr.: 131429. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131429
Calibration of the strain amplitude recorded with DAS using a strainmeter array
Forbriger, T.; Karamzadeh, N.; Azzola, J.; Gaucher, E.; Widmer-Schnidrig, R.; Rietbrock, A.
2024. arxiv. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2408.01151
The effect of stiffness contrasts at faults on stress orientation
Ziegler, M. O.; Seithel, R.; Niederhuber, T.; Heidbach, O.; Kohl, T.; Müller, B.; Rajabi, M.; Reiter, K.; Röckel, L.
2024. Copernicus. doi:10.5194/egusphere-2024-1109Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Titania-Mediated Stabilization of Fluorescent Dye Encapsulation in Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles
Spitzmüller, L.; Berson, J.; Nitschke, F.; Kohl, T.; Schimmel, T.
2024. Nanoscale Advances, 6 (13), 3450–3461. doi:10.1039/D4NA00242CFull textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Challenges and Opportunities for Lithium Extraction from Geothermal Systems in Germany Part 3: The Return of the Extraction Brine
Goldberg, V.; Dashti, A.; Egert, R.; Benny, B.; Nitschke, F.; Kohl, T.
2024. Proceedings - European Metallurgical Conference (EMC), Volume 1, Düsseldorf, 11th - 14th June 2023, 185 – 206, GDMB Verlag GmbH
2023
AnnRG - An artificial neural network solute geothermometer
Ystroem, L. H.; Vollmer, M.; Kohl, T.; Nitschke, F.
2023. Applied Computing and Geosciences, 20, Art.-Nr.: 100144. doi:10.1016/j.acags.2023.100144Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Development of a continuous silica treatment strategy for metal extraction processes in operating geothermal plants
Goldberg, V.; Winter, D.; Nitschke, F.; Held, S.; Groß, F.; Pfeiffle, D.; Uhde, J.; Morata, D.; Koschikowski, J.; Kohl, T.
2023. Desalination, 564, Artkl.Nr.: 116775. doi:10.1016/j.desal.2023.116775
Importance of drilling-related processes on the origin of borehole breakouts — Insights from LWD observations
Stricker, K.; Schimschal, S.; Müller, B.; Wessling, S.; Bender, F.; Kohl, T.
2023. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, Art.-Nr.: 100463. doi:10.1016/j.gete.2023.100463Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Dissolution control and stability improvement of silica nanoparticles in aqueous media
Spitzmüller, L.; Nitschke, F.; Rudolph, B.; Berson, J.; Schimmel, T.; Kohl, T.
2023. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 25 (3), Article no: 40. doi:10.1007/s11051-023-05688-4Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Seismological study around the Enguri dam reservoir (Georgia) based on old catalogs and ongoing monitoring
Karam Zadeh Toularoud, N.; Tsereteli, N.; Gaucher, E.; Tugushi, N.; Shubladze, T.; Varazanashvili, O.; Rietbrock, A.
2023. Journal of Seismology. doi:10.1007/s10950-023-10173-5Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
GeoLaB – Geothermal Laboratory in the crystalline Basement: synergies with research for a nuclear waste repository
Kohl, T.; Sass, I.; Kolditz, O.; Schüth, C.; Rühaak, W.; Schamp, J.; Bremer, J.; Rudolph, B.; Schätzler, K.; Schill, E.
2023. Safety of Nuclear Waste Disposal : SaND / Bundesamt für die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung, 2, 135–136. doi:10.5194/sand-2-135-2023Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Transport mechanisms of hydrothermal convection in faulted tight sandstones
Yan, G.; Busch, B.; Egert, R.; Esmaeilpour, M.; Stricker, K.; Kohl, T.
2023. Solid Earth, 14 (3), 293–310. doi:10.5194/se-14-293-2023Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Impact of structural uncertainty on tracer test design in faulted geothermal reservoirs
Dashti, A.; Gholami Korzani, M.; Geuzaine, C.; Egert, R.; Kohl, T.
2023. Geothermics, 107, Art.-Nr.: 102607. doi:10.1016/j.geothermics.2022.102607
2022
Two distinct age groups of melilitites, foidites, and basanites from the southern Central European Volcanic Province reflect lithospheric heterogeneity
Binder, T.; Marks, M. A. W.; Gerdes, A.; Walter, B. F.; Grimmer, J.; Beranoaguirre, A.; Wenzel, T.; Markl, G.
2022. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 112 (3), 881–905. doi:10.1007/s00531-022-02278-yFull textFull text of the publication as PDF document
2021
Selective Silica Removal in Geothermal Fluids : Implications for Applications for Geothermal Power Plant Operation and Mineral Extraction
Spitzmüller, L.; Goldberg, V.; Held, S.; Grimmer, J. C.; Winter, D.; Genovese, M.; Koschikowski, J.; Kohl, T.
2021. Geothermics, 95, Art.-Nr. 102141. doi:10.1016/j.geothermics.2021.102141Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
The potential of raw material extraction from thermal brines – Successful milestones of the BrineMine project
Goldberg, V.; Winter, D.; Nitschke, F.; Rath, M.; Held, S.; Spitzmüller, L.; Budach, I.; Pavez, M.; Morata, D.; Koschikowski, J.; Kohl, T.
2021. Oil gas, (01), 26–33. doi:10.19225/210306
Remembering François H. Cornet’s contribution to the geomechanics and geophysics communities
Prioul, R.; Desroches, J.; Gaucher, E.; Bérard, T.; Doan, M.-L.; Lecampion, B.; Beauducel, F.
2021. 55th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Virtual, June 2021, ARMA-2021–1310, American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)
2020
The Potential of Depleted Oil Reservoirs for High-Temperature Storage Systems
Stricker, K.; Grimmer, J. C.; Egert, R.; Bremer, J.; Gholami Korzani, M.; Schill, E.; Kohl, T.
2020. Energies, 13 (24), Art.-Nr.: 6510. doi:10.3390/en13246510Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Local Earthquake Tomography at Los Humeros Geothermal Field (Mexico)
Toledo, T.; Gaucher, E.; Jousset, P.; Jentsch, A.; Haberland, C.; Maurer, H.; Krawczyk, C.; Calò, M.; Figueroa, A.
2020. Journal of geophysical research / Solid earth, 125 (12), Art.Nr.e2020JB020390. doi:10.1029/2020JB020390Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Development of thermo-reporting nanoparticles for accurate sensing of geothermal reservoir conditions
Rudolph, B.; Berson, J.; Held, S.; Nitschke, F.; Wenzel, F.; Kohl, T.; Schimmel, T.
2020. Scientific reports, 10 (1), Article: 11422. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-68122-yFull textFull text of the publication as PDF document
GeoLaB – Das geowissenschaftliche Zukunftsprojekt für Deutschland
Schätzler, K.; Bremer, J.; Schill, E.; Kohl, T.; Kühn, M.; Kolditz, O.; Sass, I.
2020. Mining report, 156 (6) Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Numerical based filtering concept for feasibility evaluation and reservoir performance enhancement of hydrothermal doublet systems
Gholami Korzani, M.; Held, S.; Kohl, T.
2020. Journal of petroleum science and engineering, 190, Art.Nr. 106803. doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2019.106803
Pseudo-probabilistic identification of fracture network in seismic clouds driven by source parameters
Koepke, R.; Gaucher, E.; Kohl, T.
2020. Geophysical journal international, 223 (3), 2066–2084. doi:10.1093/gji/ggaa441
Seismicity induced during the development of the Rittershoffen geothermal field, France
Maurer, V.; Gaucher, E.; Grunberg, M.; Koepke, R.; Pestourie, R.; Cuenot, N.
2020. Geothermal Energy, 8 (1), Article: 5. doi:10.1186/s40517-020-0155-2Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
A Fully-Coupled Implicit Transient Two-Phase Wellbore Simulator
Nitschke, F.; Gholami Korzani, M.; Held, S.; Kohl, T.
2020. World Geothermal Congress 2020 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
A Stochastic Study of Flow Anisotropy and Channelling in Open Rough Fractures
Marchand, S.; Mersch, O.; Selzer, M.; Nitschke, F.; Schoenball, M.; Schmittbuhl, J.; Nestler, B.; Kohl, T.
2020. Rock mechanics and rock engineering, 53, 233–249. doi:10.1007/s00603-019-01907-4
2019
Temperature log simulations in high-enthalpy boreholes
Wang, J.; Nitschke, F.; Gholami Korzani, M.; Kohl, T.
2019. Geothermal Energy, 7 (1), 32. doi:10.1186/s40517-019-0149-0Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Magnetic fabric development in the Lower Seve thrust from the COSC-1 drilling, Swedish Caledonides
Merz, L.; Almqvist, B. S. G.; Grimmer, J. C.; Kontny, A.
2019. Tectonophysics, 751, 212–228. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2018.12.018
Probability of fault reactivation in the Bavarian Molasse Basin
Seithel, R.; Gaucher, E.; Mueller, B.; Steiner, U.; Kohl, T.
2019. Geothermics, 82, 81–90. doi:10.1016/j.geothermics.2019.06.004
Magnetic fabric constraints for syn-magmatic doming of the laccolithic Brocken granite pluton (Harz Mountains, northern Germany)
Zundel, M.; Friedel, C.-H.; Grimmer, J. C.
2019. International journal of earth sciences, 108 (3), 799–816. doi:10.1007/s00531-019-01679-w
The Development of a Fully Coupled Wellbore-Reservoir Simulator for Geothermal Application
Gholami Korzani, M.; Nitschke, F.; Held, S.; Kohl, T.
2019. Transactions, 43, 927–936
2018
Acceptability of geothermal installations : A geoethical concept for GeoLaB
Meller, C.; Schill, E.; Bremer, J.; Kolditz, O.; Bleicher, A.; Benighaus, C.; Chavot, P.; Gross, M.; Pellizzone, A.; Renn, O.; Schilling, F.; Kohl, T.
2018. Geothermics, 73, 133–145. doi:10.1016/j.geothermics.2017.07.008Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
2017
The new Geothermal Energy: Science, Society, and Technology
Kolditz, O.; Gutiérrez-Negrín, L. C.; Huenges, E.; Jakobs, L.; Kohl, T.; Moeck, I.
2017. Geothermal Energy, 5 (1), Art. Nr. 21. doi:10.1186/s40517-017-0078-8Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Flow-through experiments on the interaction of sandstone with Ba-rich fluids at geothermal conditions
Orywall, P.; Drüppel, K.; Kuhn, D.; Kohl, T.; Zimmermann, M.; Eiche, E.
2017. Geothermal Energy, 5 (1), Art. Nr.: 20. doi:10.1186/s40517-017-0079-7Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
The Late Variscan control on the location and asymmetry of the Upper Rhine Graben
Grimmer, J. C.; Ritter, J. R. R.; Eisbacher, G. H.; Fielitz, W.
2017. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 106 (3), 827–853. doi:10.1007/s00531-016-1336-x
Effect of flow and physical parameters on the mineral deposition of geothermal wellbores: WellboreKit development
Nusiaputra, Y.; Dimier, A. D.; Nitschke, F. N.; Gaucher, E. G.; Kohl, T. K.
2017. 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2017: Energy, Technology, Sustainability - Time to Open a New Chapter; Paris; France; 12 June 2017 through 15 June 2017, EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers). doi:10.3997/2214-4609.201701326
A new probabilistic formulation to locate seismic events from P-wave polarization
Gaucher, E.; Gesret, A.; Noble, M.
2017. 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2017: Energy, Technology, Sustainability - Time to Open a New Chapter; Paris; France; 12 June 2017 through 15 June 2017, EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers). doi:10.3997/2214-4609.201700746
Analysis of borehole breakout development using continuum damage mechanics
Sahara, D. P.; Schoenball, M.; Gerolymatou, E.; Kohl, T.
2017. International journal of rock mechanics and mining sciences, 97, 134–143. doi:10.1016/j.ijrmms.2017.04.005
Integrated Research as Key to the Development of a Sustainable Geothermal Energy Technology
Meller, C.; Bremer, J.; Ankit, K.; Baur, S.; Bergfeldt, T.; Blum, P.; Canic, T.; Eiche, E.; Gaucher, E.; Hagenmeyer, V.; Heberling, F.; Held, S.; Herfurth, S.; Isele, J.; Kling, T.; Kuhn, D.; Mayer, D.; Müller, B.; Nestler, B.; Neumann, T.; Nitschke, F.; Nothstein, A.; Nusiaputra, Y.; Orywall, P.; Peters, M.; Sahara, D.; Schäfer, T.; Schill, E.; Schilling, F.; Schröder, E.; Selzer, M.; Stoll, M.; Wiemer, H.-J.; Wolf, S.; Zimmermann, M.; Kohl, T.
2017. Energy technology, 5 (7), 965–1006. doi:10.1002/ente.201600579
THC simulation of halite scaling in deep geothermal single well production
Nitschke, F.; Held, S.; Himmelsbach, T.; Kohl, T.
2017. Geothermics, 65, 234–243. doi:10.1016/j.geothermics.2016.09.009
2016
Introduction to special section: Geothermal energy
Eichkitz, C. G.; Schreilechner, M. G.; Gegenhuber, N.; Reinecker, J.; Davis, J.; Eichinger, F.; Gaucher, E.
2016. Interpretation, 4 (4), SRi. doi:10.1190/INT-2016-0913-SPSEINTRO.1
Structural control of geothermal reservoirs in extensional tectonic settings: An example from the Upper Rhine Graben
Meixner, J.; Schill, E.; Grimmer, J. C.; Gaucher, E.; Kohl, T.; Klingler, P.
2016. Journal of structural geology, 82, 1–15. doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2015.11.003
Resistivity distribution from mid-crustal conductor to near-surface across the 1200 km long Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault System, southern Chile
Held, S.; Schill, E.; Pavez, M.; Díaz, D.; Muñoz, G.; Morata, D.; Kohl, T.
2016. Geophysical journal international, 207 (3), 1387–1400. doi:10.1093/gji/ggw338
Modelling earthquake location errors at a reservoir scale: a case study in the Upper Rhine Graben
Kinnaert, X.; Gaucher, E.; Achauer, U.; Kohl, T.
2016. Geophysical journal international, 206 (2), 861–879. doi:10.1093/gji/ggw184
Criteria and geological setting for the generic geothermal underground research laboratory, GEOLAB
Schill, E.; Meixner, J.; Meller, C.; Grimm, M.; Grimmer, J. C.; Stober, I.; Kohl, T.
2016. Geothermal Energy, 4 (1), 4:7. doi:10.1186/s40517-016-0049-5Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Preface
Blankenship, D.; Dobson, P.; Garg, S.; Ghassemi, A.; Kohl, T.
2016. Geothermics, 63, 1. doi:10.1016/j.geothermics.2016.04.001
2015
Induced seismicity in geothermal reservoirs: A review of forecasting approaches
Gaucher, E.; Schoenball, M.; Heidbach, O.; Zang, A.; Fokker, P. A.; Wees, J.-D. van; Kohl, T.
2015. Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, 52, 1473–1490. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.08.026
Deep geothermal: The ‘Moon Landing’ mission in the unconventional energy and minerals space
Regenauer-Lieb, K.; Bunger, A. P.; Chua, H.; Dyskin, A. V.; Fusseis, F. F.; Gaede, O.; Jeffrey, R. G.; Karrech, A.; Kohl, T.; Liu, J.; Lyakhovsky, V. A.; Pasternak, E. G.; Podgorney, R. K.; Poulet, T.; Rahman, S.; Schrank, C. E.; Trefry, M. G.; Veveakis, E.; Wu, B.; Yuen, D.; Wellmann, F.; Zhang, X.
2015. Journal of earth science, 26 (1), 2–10. doi:10.1007/s12583-015-0515-1
Early- to mid-Silurian extrusion wedge tectonics in the central Scandinavian Caledonides
Grimmer, J. C.; Glodny, J.; Drueppel, K.; Greiling, R.; Kontny, A.
2015. Geology, 43 (4), 347–350. doi:10.1130/G36433.1
Experimental Validation of a Numerical Model : Application of an Open Source Algorithm towards Geothermal Conditions
Orywall, P.; Dimier, A.; Kohl, T.; Kuhn, D.; Place, J.; Zorn, R.
2015. WGC 2015 : World Geothermal Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 19th - 25th April 2015, Art. Nr. 23008, International Geothermal Association (IGA)
Local stress anomaly in the Bavarian Molasse Basin
Seithel, R.; Steiner, U.; Müller, B.; Hecht, C.; Kohl, T.
2015. Geothermal Energy, 3 (4), 1–22. doi:10.1186/s40517-014-0023-zFull textFull text of the publication as PDF document
2014
Corrosion and scaling in the geothermal cycle of Soultz-sous-Forêts (France)
Mundhenk, N.; Huttenloch, P.; Scheiber, J.; Genter, A.; Kohl, T.; Zorn, R.
2014. Corrosion Conference and Expo 2014 : Collaborate. Educate. Innovate. Mitigate, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 9-13 March 2014, 2361–2374, NACE International
Electrochemical study of the corrosion of different alloys exposed to deaerated 80°C geothermal brines containing CO₂
Mundhenk, N.; Huttenloch, P.; Bäßler, R.; Kohl, T.; Steger, H.; Zorn, R.
2014. Corrosion science, 84, 180–188. doi:10.1016/j.corsci.2014.03.027
Change of stress regime during geothermal reservoir stimulation
Schoenball, M.; Dorbath, L.; Gaucher, E.; Wellmann, J. F.; Kohl, T.
2014. Geophysical research letters, 41 (4), 1163–1170. doi:10.1002/2013GL058514
Impact of fracture networks on borehole breakout heterogeneities in crystalline rock
Sahara, D. P.; Schoenball, M.; Kohl, T.; Müller, B. I. R.
2014. International journal of rock mechanics and mining sciences, 71, 301–309. doi:10.1016/j.ijrmms.2014.07.001
Time-dependent brittle creep as mechanism for time-delayed wellbore failure
Schoenball, M.; Sahara, D. P.; Kohl, T.
2014. International journal of rock mechanics and mining sciences, 70, 400–406. doi:10.1016/j.ijrmms.2014.05.012
Formation of alternating layered Ba-Sr-sulfate and Pb-sulfide scaling in the geothermal plant of Soultz-sous-Forêts
Nitschke, F.; Scheiber, J.; Kramar, U.; Neumann, T.
2014. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie / Abhandlungen, 191 (2), 145–156. doi:10.1127/0077-7757/2014/0253
2013
Corrosion and scaling as interrelated phenomena in an operating geothermal power plant
Mundhenk, N.; Huttenloch, P.; Sanjuan, B.; Kohl, T.; Steger, H.; Zorn, R.
2013. Corrosion science, 70, 17–28. doi:10.1016/j.corsci.2013.01.003
Geothermal energy systems : research perspective for domestic energy provision
Huenges, E.; Kohl, T.; Kolditz, O.; Bremer, J.; Scheck-Wenderoth, M.; Vienken, T.
2013. Environmental earth sciences, 70 (8), 3927–3933. doi:10.1007/s12665-013-2881-2
The Peculiar shut-In behavior of the Well GPK2 at soultz-sous-Forêts
Schoenball, M.; Kohl, T.
2013. Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council, 37 (1), 217–220
The application of a neural network to map clay zones in crystalline rock
Meller, C.; Genter, A.; Kohl, T.
2013. Geophysical journal international, 196 (2), 837–849. doi:10.1093/gji/ggt423
2012
Laboratory and In-Situ Corrosion Studies in Geothermal Environments
Mundhenk, N.; Huttenloch, P.; Kohl, T.; Steger, H.; Zorn, R.
2012. Geothermal : reliable, renewable, global ; GRC 2012 annual meeting, Reno, NV, September 30 - October 3, 2012, 1101–1105, Curran
Magnetic fabric development in a highly anisotropic magnetite-bearing ductile shear zone (Seve Nappe Complex, Scandinavian Caledonides)
Kontny, A.; Engelmann, R.; Grimmer, J. C.; Greiling, R. O.; Hirt, A.
2012. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 101 (3), 671–692. doi:10.1007/s00531-011-0713-8