Dinantian Carbonates Are Hot!

Induced seismicity red-light thresholds for enhanced geothermal prospects in the Netherlands

“…Particular to the Netherlands, the Lower Carboniferous Dinantian Carbonates (Fig. 1b) are an unproven but prospective play (Jaarsma et al, 2018;Veldkamp and Hegen, 2020). These carbonates have currently been targeted in the southeast of the Netherlands, where shallower (2.0-2.5 km depth) anticlinal carbonate structures are hosted within a basement-rooted horst blockstructures that could provide fractures, faults, and karstification to aid permeability (Mijnlieff, 2020).…”