Conference Abstract
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06 Sep 2023
Conference Abstract |
| 06 Sep 2023
| 06 Sep 2023
AREHS: effects of changing boundary conditions on the development of hydrogeological systems: numerical long-term modelling considering thermal–hydraulic–mechanical (–chemical) coupled effects
G.E.O.S. Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Schwarze Kiefern 2, 09633
Halsbrücke, Germany
Heinz Konietzky
Institut für Geotechnik, Lehrstuhl Gebirgs- und Felsmechanik/Felsbau, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Gustav-Zeuner-Straße 1, 09596 Freiberg, Germany
Thomas Nagel
Institut für Geotechnik, Lehrstuhl für Bodenmechanik und Grundbau, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Gustav-Zeuner-Straße 1, 09596 Freiberg, Germany
Olaf Kolditz
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH – UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Fakultät für Umweltwissenschaften, Angewandte Umweltsystemanalyse, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Andreas Jockel
ERCOSPLAN Erfurter Consulting und Planungsbüro GmbH,
Arnstädter Straße 28, 99096 Erfurt, Germany
Christian B. Silbermann
Institut für Geotechnik, Lehrstuhl für Bodenmechanik und Grundbau, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Gustav-Zeuner-Straße 1, 09596 Freiberg, Germany
Friederike Tiedtke
Institut für Geotechnik, Lehrstuhl Gebirgs- und Felsmechanik/Felsbau, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Gustav-Zeuner-Straße 1, 09596 Freiberg, Germany
Tobias Meisel
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH – UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Florian Zill
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH – UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Anton Carl
ERCOSPLAN Erfurter Consulting und Planungsbüro GmbH,
Arnstädter Straße 28, 99096 Erfurt, Germany
Aron D. Gabriel
G.E.O.S. Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Schwarze Kiefern 2, 09633
Halsbrücke, Germany
Marcel Schlegel
G.E.O.S. Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Schwarze Kiefern 2, 09633
Halsbrücke, Germany
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In the AREHS project, the effect of the alternation of cold and warm periods over 1 million...
