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Articles | Volume 3, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gtes-3-41-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/gtes-3-41-2015
22 Jun 2015
 | 22 Jun 2015

Reservoir characterization of the Upper Jurassic geothermal target formations (Molasse Basin, Germany): role of thermofacies as exploration tool

S. Homuth, A. E. Götz, and I. Sass

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