caa a22 4500 477064337 CHVBK 20180405111408.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02440111 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02440111 Genesis and distribution of mineral waters as a consequence of recent lithospheric dynamics: the Rhenish Massif, Central Europe [Elektronische Daten] [Franz May, Stephan Hoernes, Horst Neugebauer] Three major, interdependent processes control the genesis and distribution of mineral and thermal waters in the Rhenish Massif, Central Europe: (a) Magmatic processes in the upper mantle provide most of the CO2 to produce bicarbonate waters in shallow aquifers. (b) Extension of the brittle upper crust enables the ascent of sodium chloride waters. (c) Uplift and erosion shape the massif's relief, which determines the extent of flow systems and the distribution of thermal springs. The chemistry of mineral waters further depends on the aquifers' mineral composition. A comprehensive set of hydrological, chemical, tectonic and geophysical data on the Rhenish Massif has been compiled. It was used to classify the mineral waters and to map the spatial distribution of water properties. The composition of cuttings from several representative wells producing different water types shows that the hydrothermal alteration of the aquifer rocks consists mainly of kaolinization of chlorite and dissolution of feldspar. Numerical transport simulations favour two modes of groundwater flow: topography-driven flow and the pressure-driven ascent of basement brines along active faults. Thermal convection is less important. Springer-Verlag, 1996 Mineral water nationallicence Tectonics Hydrodynamics nationallicence Hydrothermal alteration nationallicence Flow systems nationallicence Rhenish Massif nationallicence May Franz Sonderforschungsbereich 350, Universität Bonn, Nussallee 8, D-53115, Bonn, Germany aut Hoernes Stephan Sonderforschungsbereich 350, Universität Bonn, Nussallee 8, D-53115, Bonn, Germany aut Neugebauer Horst Sonderforschungsbereich 350, Universität Bonn, Nussallee 8, D-53115, Bonn, Germany aut Geologische Rundschau Springer-Verlag 85/4(1996-12-01), 782-799 0016-7835 85:4<782 1996 85 531 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02440111 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02440111 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- May Franz Sonderforschungsbereich 350, Universität Bonn, Nussallee 8, D-53115, Bonn, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hoernes Stephan Sonderforschungsbereich 350, Universität Bonn, Nussallee 8, D-53115, Bonn, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Neugebauer Horst Sonderforschungsbereich 350, Universität Bonn, Nussallee 8, D-53115, Bonn, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Geologische Rundschau Springer-Verlag 85/4(1996-12-01), 782-799 0016-7835 85:4<782 1996 85 531 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer