Elco Luijendijk
Junior lecturer
Department of Structural Geology and Geodynamics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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Research Interests
I study the evolution of fluid flow systems and sedimentary basins on large spatial scales and/or geological timescales. I study these systems by integrating various datasets, such as groundwater isotopes, subsurface temperature and low-temperature thermochronology with a series of existing and newly developed numerical models (see GitHub for some of the codes). I also utilize large-scale geospatial datasets to extrapolate results of groundwater and heatflow models from local to continental scales. I help manage the Geodynamics and Geofluids modelling laboratory
Teaching
M.Geo.239: Fluids in the crust (course description) (syllabus)
Graduate students and student assistants
Recent publications
Louis, S., Luijendijk, E., Dunkl, I, Person, M. (2019) Episodic fluid flow in an active fault. Geology, https://doi.org/10.1130/G46254.1
Afsar, F., Luijendijk, E. (2019) Quantifying a critical marl thickness for vertical fracture extension using field data and numerical experiments. Geoscience Frontiers, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2019.05.008.
Bauer, J.F., Krumbholz, M., Luijendijk, E., Tanner, D.C. (2019) A numerical sensitivity study of how permeability, geological structure, and hydraulic gradient control the lifetime of a geothermal reservoir. Solid Earth Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2019-112.
Luijendijk, E., Gleeson, T., Moosdorf, M. (2019) The flow of fresh groundwater and solutes to the world’s oceans and coastal ecosystems. Nature Communications, in revision, preprint available on EarthArxiv