Multidimensional modeling of the thermal and flow regime in the western part of the Molasse Basin, Southern Germany [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Wolfram Rühaak

Multidimensional modeling of the thermaland flow regime in the western part of theMolasse Basin, Southern GermanyVon der Fakult¨at fu¨r Georessourcen und Materialtechnikder Rheinisch-Westf¨alischen Technischen Hochschule Aachenzur Erlangung des akademischen Grades einesDoktors der Naturwissenschaftengenehmigte Dissertationvorgelegt von Dipl.-Geol.Wolfram Ru¨haakaus BerleburgBerichter: Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Christoph ClauserProfessor Dr. Hans-Joachim Ku¨mpelTag der mu¨ndlichen Pru¨fung: 23. Januar 2009Diese Dissertation ist auf den Internetseiten der Hochschulbibliothek online verfu¨gbarI have identified three phases of development in modeling – the illusion, the chaos, andthe relief – through which models seem to evolve before their results can be said toapproach the truth with some confidence.Corinne le Qu´er´e, University of East Anglia and the British Antarctic Survey,Norwich, U.K.The Unknown and the Uncertain in Earth System Modeling,in Eos, Vol. 87, No. 45, 7 November 2006AbstractThe aim of this thesis is to obtain information on the groundwater flow regimeat great depth within the Molasse Basin (SW Germany).For this purpose different numerical codes are applied. For an optimal geomet-rical representation of the basin geometry it was necessary to develop a coordinatetransformation method. This work is presented in the first part of the thesis.