Temperature of paleo- to modern self-sealing within a continental rift basin; the fluid inclusion data (Soultz-sous-Forets, Rhine Graben, France)

@article{dubois:hal-04041117,
 abstract = {Self-sealing of open microstructures and mesostructures characterizes evolving fluid flow in the sedimentary cover as weil as in the granitic basement of the Rhine continental rift basin in the region of Soultz. This area currently experiences active fluid migration. A detailed petrographie and microthermometric study of paleofluids trapped as fluid inclusions in the structures (veins filled by quartz or barite, healed microfissures) and authigenic minerals (quartz overgrowths in sandstones, and euhedral quartz in altered granite plagioclases) reveals a succession of contrasting P-T-X conditions for self-sealing of the rocks. The data have been obtained from rock cores sampled at different depths along the Hot Dry Rock Soultz-sous-Forets drillhole EPS-l, extending from the Triassie sandstone cover down to the granitic basement. Several stages of paleofluid trapping are distinguished as a function of the type of host mineral or microstructure. The earliest fluid stage (probably late Hercynian) is mostly recorded in healed fissures (fluid inclusion planes) affecting the granite quartz grains, but also in some intragranitic early quartz-carbonate veinlets : i) rare C02-(N2)­ H20 fluids, ii) a succession of fluids of moderate salinity (2-7 wt% eq. NaCl) trapped under a large range of temperatures (minimum temperature of 180 to 340"C). The second main stage of mineral crystallization corresponds to a more recent crystallization of quartz cement in sandstones, and of quartz-barite veins hosted by granite or sandstone. This stage is probably related to postOligocene fluid flows. Fluids trapped in these authigenic minerals display rather similar features to the modem brines (temperature in the range of 130 to 160"C, large range of salinity) encountered in drilIholes of the area. The temperature-depth profile obtained from recent vein infillings is close to the profile measured after drilling, indicating a recent to active self-sealing, or a rather monotonous thermal regime during the latest fluid migration period. The large variations of salinities observed in some sampIes suggest a heterogeneous mixing process between low salinity fluids (less than 5 wt% eq. NaCI) and brines. Fluid inclusion data indicate a deep penetration of fluids equilibrated with sediments, and large scale fluid movements between the sedimentary cover and the basement.},
 author = {Dubois, Michel and Ayt Ougougdal, M$o$hamed and Meere, Patrick and Royer, Jean-Jacques and Boiron, Marie-Christine and Cathelineau, Michel},
 doi = {10.1127/ejm/8/5/1065},
 hal_id = {hal-04041117},
 hal_version = {v1},
 journal = {{European Journal of Mineralogy}},
 month = {October},
 number = {5},
 pages = {1065-1080},
 publisher = {{Copernicus}},
 title = {{Temperature of paleo- to modern self-sealing within a continental rift basin; the fluid inclusion data (Soultz-sous-Forets, Rhine Graben, France)}},
 url = {https://hal.univ-lorraine.fr/hal-04041117},
 volume = {8},
 year = {1996}
}