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Thermal Structure of the Northern Outer Albanides and Adjacent Adriatic Crustal Sector, and Implications for Geothermal Energy Systems

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  • Stefano Santini

    (Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Università di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Via Aurelio Saffi, 2, 61029 Urbino, Italy)

  • Matteo Basilici

    (Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Università di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Via Aurelio Saffi, 2, 61029 Urbino, Italy)

  • Chiara Invernizzi

    (Scuola di Scienze e Tecnologie, Sezione di Geologia, Università degli studi di Camerino, Via Gentile III da Varano, 7, 62032 Camerino, Italy)

  • Stefano Mazzoli

    (Scuola di Scienze e Tecnologie, Sezione di Geologia, Università degli studi di Camerino, Via Gentile III da Varano, 7, 62032 Camerino, Italy)

  • Antonella Megna

    (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione di Sismologia e Tettonofisica, 00143 Roma, Italy)

  • Pietro Paolo Pierantoni

    (Scuola di Scienze e Tecnologie, Sezione di Geologia, Università degli studi di Camerino, Via Gentile III da Varano, 7, 62032 Camerino, Italy)

  • Vincenzo Spina

    (Total Upstream Denmark A/S, Amerika Plads, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark)

  • Simone Teloni

    (Scuola di Scienze e Tecnologie, Sezione di Geologia, Università degli studi di Camerino, Via Gentile III da Varano, 7, 62032 Camerino, Italy)

Abstract

Using an analytical methodology taking into account heat flow density data, frictional heating, temperature variations due to the re-equilibrated conductive state after thrusting and geological constrains, we calculated surface heat flow, geotherms and isotherms along a balanced and restored regional geological cross-section. Our results highlight the impact of frictional heating produced by thrusts on the thermal structure of the study area, leading to a raising of the isotherms both in the inner Albanides to the E and in the Adriatic sector offshore. Minimum values of Q s in the surroundings of Tirana and the reconstructed 2D thermal structure suggest less favorable conditions for exploitation of geothermal energy, besides the direct use (Borehole Heat Exchanger-Geothermal Heat Pump systems). Nevertheless, the occurrence of the “Kruja geothermal zone”, partially overlapping this area and including hot spring manifestations, emphasize the structural control in driving hot fluids to the surface with respect to the regional thermal structure.

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  • Stefano Santini & Matteo Basilici & Chiara Invernizzi & Stefano Mazzoli & Antonella Megna & Pietro Paolo Pierantoni & Vincenzo Spina & Simone Teloni, 2020. "Thermal Structure of the Northern Outer Albanides and Adjacent Adriatic Crustal Sector, and Implications for Geothermal Energy Systems," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(22), pages 1-19, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:22:p:6028-:d:447108
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    1. Matteo Basilici & Stefano Mazzoli & Antonella Megna & Stefano Santini & Stefano Tavani, 2020. "3-D Geothermal Model of the Lurestan Sector of the Zagros Thrust Belt, Iran," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-18, April.
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    1. Stefano Santini & Matteo Basilici & Chiara Invernizzi & Danica Jablonska & Stefano Mazzoli & Antonella Megna & Pietro Paolo Pierantoni, 2021. "Controls of Radiogenic Heat and Moho Geometry on the Thermal Setting of the Marche Region (Central Italy): An Analytical 3D Geothermal Model," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(20), pages 1-18, October.
    2. Stefano Mazzoli, 2022. "Geothermal Energy and Structural Geology," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(21), pages 1-3, October.

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