Salt Tectonics and Dynamics

Project Information

SALTED

Grant agreement ID: 713397

DOI

10.3030/713397

Project closed

EC signature date 2 May 2016

Start date 1 June 2016

End date 30 November 2017

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 149 250,00

EU contribution

€ 149 250,00

Coordinated by

JOHANNES GUTENBERG-UNIVERSITAT MAINZ
Germany

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SALTED (Salt Tectonics and Dynamics)

Reporting period: 2016-06-01 to 2017-11-30

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

In SALTED, recent advances in computational geodynamics, developed as part of the ERC StG MODEL, are exploited and applied to industrial problems. In particular, we used it to predict the stress distributions in sedimentary basins and potential drilling hazard, to predict the stresses and deformation within and around salt domes, applied to the Gorleben salt dome in Germany. We also used our technology to rapidly model tectonic evolution of salt domes on geological timescales in 3D, while taking poro-elasticity, including multiple tectonic events and time-varying sedimentation rates into account. Results show that this may help to better understand and predict the stresses and tectonics of a certain region of industrial interest, which may result in future applied follow-up projects.