Use of commercial biochar for river water purification in the Lazio region, Italy

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Cap rock efficiency of geothermal systems in fold-and-thrust belts: Evidence from paleo-thermal and structural analyses in Rosario de La Frontera geothermal area (NW Argentina)

Cap rock characterization of geothermal systems is often neglected despite fracturing may reduce its efficiency and favours fluid migration. We investigated the siliciclastic cap rock of Rosario de La Frontera geothermal system (NW Argentina) in order to assess its quality as a function of fracture patterns and related thermal alteration. Paleothermal investigations (XRD on fine-grained fraction of sediments, organic matter optical analysis and fluid inclusions on veins) and 1D thermal modelling allowed us to distinguish the thermal fingerprint associated to sedimentary burial from that related to fluid migration. The geothermal system is hosted in a Neogene N-S anticline dissected by high angle NNW- and ENE-striking faults. Its cap rock can be grouped into two quality categories: • rocks acting as good insulators, deformed by NNW–SSE and E–W shear fractures, NNE-SSW gypsum- and N-S-striking calcite-filled veins that developed during the initial stage of anticline growth. Maximum paleo-temperatures (< 60 °C) were experienced during deposition to folding phases.• rocks acting as bad insulators, deformed by NNW-SSE fault planes and NNW- and WNW-striking sets of fractures associated to late transpressive kinematics. Maximum paleo-temperatures higher than about 115 °C are linked to fluid migration from the reservoir to surface (with a reservoir top at maximum depths of 2.5 km) along fault damage zones.This multi-method approach turned out to be particularly useful to trace the main pathways of hot fluids and can be applied in blind geothermal systems where either subsurface data are scarce or surface thermal anomalies are lacking.Fil: Maffucci, R.. Universita Degli Studi Della Tuscia; Italia. Universita Degli Studi Roma Tre; ItaliaFil: Corrado, Sveva. Universita Degli Studi Roma Tre; ItaliaFil: Aldega, L.. Instituto de Investigaciones Universitarias Roma la Sapienza; ItaliaFil: Bigi, S.. Instituto de Investigaciones Universitarias Roma la Sapienza; ItaliaFil: Chiodi, Agostina Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energía no Convencional. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Física. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energía no Convencional; ArgentinaFil: Di Paolo, L.. Eni E&P Division; ItaliaFil: Giordano, G.. Universita Degli Studi Roma Tre; ItaliaFil: Invernizzi, C.. Universita Degli Di Camerino; Itali

A Predictive Model for Maceral Discrimination by Means of Raman Spectra on Dispersed Organic Matter : A Case Study from the Carpathian Fold-and-Thrust Belt (Ukraine)

Acknowledgments: Jankowski L., Mazzoli S., Szaniawski R., and Zattin M. are warmly ackowledged for their help in the sampling campaign and stimulating discussions on Carphatians geology. D. Grigo is kindly thanked for constant encouragement during the work and fruitful discussions on thermal modelling. ENI is acknowledged for pyrolysis data (already presented in the first Author’s PhD thesis) produced in Bolgiano Laboratories and for sponsoring the sampling campaign. The Grant of Excellence Departments, MIUR (ARTICOLO 1, COMMI 314–337 LEGGE 232/2016), is gratefully acknowledged.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Automatic organofacies identification by means of Machine Learning on Raman spectra

Funding Information: IFP Energies nouvelles (France) is warmly acknowledgment for kindly providing access to samples, laboratory facilities and unpublished database. Dr. Amalia Spina and Prof. Simonetta Cirilli from the University of Perugia are warmly acknowledged for the high-quality kerogen isolate extraction. This research was funded by: MIUR grants to Roma Tre PhD School in Earth Sciences (XXXIV doctoral cycle, 2018–2021) and IFP Energies nouvelles PhD program. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The AuthorsPeer reviewedPublisher PD

Thermal Evolution of the Permo−Triassic Karakaya Subduction-accretion Complex Between the Biga Peninsula and the Tokat Massif (Anatolia)

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Preliminary Structural Interpretation of a Seismic Profile across the Frontal Sector of the Eastern Achara-Trialeti Fold-and-Thrust Belt

This paper presents a new structural model for the frontal part of the eastern Achara-Trialeti fold- and-thrust belt based on the interpretation of a seismic reflection profile across the retro-wedge of the Lesser Caucasus orogen. The structural details from the interpreted seismic reflection profile provide new data on the deep structure of the frontal part of the eastern Achara-Trialeti fold-and- thrust belt. The seismic reflection profile crosses, from south to north, the Varketili anticline, the Ormoiani syncline, and a south-directed imbricate thrust system. Seismic interpretation is constrained by surface geology, exploration wells, and application of theoretical models on fault- related folding. Seismic reflection data interpretation reveals the interaction between south- and north-vergent fold-thrust structures and north-vergent duplexes at depth. The duplexes are well imaged on the seismic profile and constituted by a lower and an upper duplex system. The lower duplex involves the Cretaceous-Middle Eocene sequence, whereas the upper duplex affects the Upper Eocene strata

Paleo‐thermal constraints on the origin of native diagenetic sulfur in the Messinian evaporites : The Northern Apennines foreland basin case study (Italy)

This work has benefited from the equipment and frame-work of the COMP- HUB Initiative (University of Parma), funded by the Department of Excellence programme of the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research (MIUR, 2018- 2022). This work has benefited from University of Roma Tre MIUR funds for the Department of Excellence. This work has benefited from the University of Parma FIL2016- 2018 responsible Professor Marco Roveri, University of Parma FIL2016- 2018 responsible Professor Vinicio Manzi, MIUR PhD scholarship 2016- 2019. Platte River Associates, Inc is kindly acknowledged for providing BasinMod2D® software for research purposes. Massimo Rossi (ENI S.p.A., Milano, Italy) is kindly acknowledged for his review of the manuscriptPeer reviewedPublisher PD

The thermal imprint of continental breakup during the formation of the South China Sea

This research used data provided by the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP).We thanks the participants to IODP Expedition 367-368 as well as the captains and crew of the Joides Resolution. Seismic sections originate from the IODP Expedition 367/368/368X proceeding volume. Platte River Associates, Inc is thanked for providing an academic licence of BasinMod 2D. We acknowledge IODP France and ECORD for the support. Funding for this research was provided by Total SA R&D (J.N. Ferry). SAB gratefully acknowledges NERC award NE/R002576/1; Measuring Rates of Weathered Petroleum Accumulation, South China Sea.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

La Candelaria Ridge (NW Argentina) as a natural lab for the exploration of the geothermal system of Rosario de La Frontera: Methods and preliminary results

Within the scientific framework recently proposed by C.U.I.A. (Consorzio Universitario Italiano per l’Argentina) for the development of applied researches on the Argentina territory, several research groups, belonging to selected Italian and Argentina Universities, converged in the last year on the research line devoted to the “Sustainable development of future towns”. This contribution focuses on the preliminary results achieved by this collaboration among the Universities of Camerino, Jujuy, Roma Tre, Salta, Sapienza. The project focuses on the application of robust methodologies and the development of new ones to explore the geothermal potential of the area of Rosario de La Frontera (NW Argentina) located at the northern edge of La Candelaria Ridge, one of positively inverted structures cropping out between the provinces of Salta and Tucuman. It belongs to the Santa Barbara System of the Andes retro-wedge...Fil: Maffucci, R.. Università Roma Tre III; ItaliaFil: Caffe, Pablo Jorge. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Instituto de Geología Minera; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta; ArgentinaFil: Corrado, Sveva. Università Roma Tre III; ItaliaFil: Invernizzi, Ciro. Università degli Studi di Camerino; ItaliaFil: Giordano, G.. Università Roma Tre III; ItaliaFil: Pierantoni, Pablo. Università degli Studi di Camerino; ItaliaFil: Viramonte, Jose Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales. Instituto Geonorte; Argentin