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Organic geochemistry --- Petroleum --- Sediments (Geology) --- Géochimie organique --- Pétrole --- Sédiments (Géologie) --- Geology --- Géologie --- Géochimie organique --- Pétrole --- Sédiments (Géologie) --- Géologie --- Organic geochemistry. --- Sediments (Geology). --- Geology. --- Weathering. --- DEPOSITION --- SEDIMENTS --- Diagenes --- Erosion --- Monograph

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Sedimentary basins host, among others, most of our energy and fresh-water resources: they can be regarded as large geo-reactors in which many physical and chemical processes interact. Their complexity can only be well understood in well-organized interdisciplinary co-operations. This book documents how researchers from different geo-scientific disciplines have jointly analysed the structural, thermal, and sedimentary evolution as well as fluid dynamics of a complex sedimentary basin system which has experienced a variety of activation and reactivation impulses as well as intense salt tectonics. In this book we have summarized our geological, geophysical and geochemical understanding of some of the most important processes affecting sedimentary basins in general and our view on the evolution of one of the largest, best explored and most complex continental sedimentary basins on Earth: The Central European Basin System.

Sediments (Geology) --- Basins (Geology) --- Basins, Structural --- Structural basins --- Geology, Structural --- Geology --- Physical geography --- Sedimentary rocks --- Sedimentation and deposition --- Marine sediments --- Slackwater deposits --- Geology. --- Mineral resources. --- Geochemistry. --- Sedimentology. --- Geology, Structural. --- Physical geography. --- Mineral Resources. --- Structural Geology. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Geography --- Geotectonics --- Structural geology --- Tectonics (Geology) --- Physical geology --- Petrology --- Chemical composition of the earth --- Chemical geology --- Geological chemistry --- Geology, Chemical --- Chemistry --- Earth sciences --- Deposits, Mineral --- Mineral deposits --- Mineral resources --- Mines and mining --- Mining --- Natural resources --- Geology, Economic --- Minerals --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Natural history --- Structural geology. --- Geophysics. --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Physics

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This is the first book that analyses the future raw materials supply from the demand side of a society that chiefly relies on renewable energies, which is of great significance for us all. It addresses primary and secondary resources and substitution, not only from technical but also socioeconomic and ethical points of view. The “Energiewende” (Energy Transition) will change our consumption of natural resources significantly. When in future our energy requirements will be covered mostly by wind, solar power and biomass, we will need less coal, oil and natural gas. However, the consumption of minerals, especially metallic resources, will increase to build wind generators, solar panels or energy storage facilities. Besides e.g. copper, nickel or cobalt, rare earth elements and other high-tech elements will be increasingly used. With regard to primary metals, Germany is 100 % import dependent; only secondary material is produced within Germany. Though sufficient geological primary resources exist worldwide, their availability on the market is crucial. The future supply of the market is dependent on the development of prices, the transparency of the market and the question of social and ethical standards in the raw materials industry, as well as the social license to operate, which especially applies to mining. The book offers a valuable resource for everyone interested in the future raw material supply of our way of life, which will involve more and more renewable energies.

Power resources. --- Geology, economic. --- Renewable energy sources. --- Materials science. --- Force and energy. --- Economic Geology. --- Renewable and Green Energy. --- Energy Materials. --- Biogeosciences. --- Alternate energy sources --- Alternative energy sources --- Energy sources, Renewable --- Sustainable energy sources --- Power resources --- Renewable natural resources --- Agriculture and energy --- Economic geology --- Physical geology --- Mines and mineral resources --- Conservation of energy --- Correlation of forces --- Energy --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Material science --- Physical sciences --- Economic geology. --- Renewable energy resources. --- Geobiology. --- Biology --- Earth sciences --- Biosphere

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This is the first book that analyses the future raw materials supply from the demand side of a society that chiefly relies on renewable energies, which is of great significance for us all. It addresses primary and secondary resources and substitution, not only from technical but also socioeconomic and ethical points of view. The “Energiewende” (Energy Transition) will change our consumption of natural resources significantly. When in future our energy requirements will be covered mostly by wind, solar power and biomass, we will need less coal, oil and natural gas. However, the consumption of minerals, especially metallic resources, will increase to build wind generators, solar panels or energy storage facilities. Besides e.g. copper, nickel or cobalt, rare earth elements and other high-tech elements will be increasingly used. With regard to primary metals, Germany is 100 % import dependent; only secondary material is produced within Germany. Though sufficient geological primary resources exist worldwide, their availability on the market is crucial. The future supply of the market is dependent on the development of prices, the transparency of the market and the question of social and ethical standards in the raw materials industry, as well as the social license to operate, which especially applies to mining. The book offers a valuable resource for everyone interested in the future raw material supply of our way of life, which will involve more and more renewable energies.

Physics --- Rocks. Minerals --- Biogeography --- Relation between energy and economics --- Materials sciences --- Electrical engineering --- biomassa --- materiaalkennis --- hernieuwbare energie --- biogeografie --- economie --- energie (technologie) --- geologie --- fysica --- omzetters elektrische energie

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Fine-grained sedimentary formations are investigated in numerous scientific fields, e.g., asa host formation for a deep geological repository for high-level radioactive waste, as cap rocks for oil reservoirs or CO2 geosequestration, or as potential economic resources in case of shale gas extraction. The permeability characteristics of these geological strata are important to assess theirability to act as a long-term effective barrier. However, apart from some gross parameters (such as hydraulic conductivity etc.), such characteristics are difficult to measure because of the nanometer-sized porosity structures and complexinterconnectivity. SCK recently developed a versatile technique to measure the diffusion coefficient of dissolved gases in low-porosity materials. The method was validated on Boom Clay samples, and up to now diffusion coefficients for He, Ne, Ar, Xe, CH4, C2H6 and H2 have been measured. The precisionof the obtained diffusion coefficients ishigh (< 10% uncertainty) compared to other existing techniques. Most recent results show that an exponential relationship exists between the kineticdiameter of these gases and the measured effectivediffusion (De). An equal relationship exists between the kinetic diameter of these gases and their self-diffusion coefficient in water D0.The ratio of D0 over Deff is called the formation factor, F. It is believed that this factorcan be linked to structural propertiesrelated to the permeability of the material. One of the objectives of this PhD is to investigate if information on the permeability/structure of the material can be obtained by measuring the diffusion coefficient ofgases.Another objective of this PhD proposal is to verify whether similar relationships between kineticgas diameter and effective diffusion coefficient exist for other low permeability materials. The diffusion coefficient of other gases can then be predicted based on their kinetic diameter. For this objective, we will investigate rocks of interest both for radioactive waste disposal (Callovo-Oxfordian, Opalinus Clay) and for oil industry and shale gas mining.