Peter Alt-Epping

Dr. Peter Alt-Epping
Research Fellow
Institut für Geologie
Universität Bern
Baltzerstrasse 1+3
CH-3012 Bern
Switzerland


Phone: +41 (0) 31 631 87 65
Phone2: +41 (0) 31 684 87 81
E-mail: alt-epping(at)geo.unibe.ch
URL Institution: www.geo.unibe.ch/
Personal URL: link


Key Publications of Peter Alt-Epping (up to ten) :
Alt-Epping, P. and L. Smith (2001) Computing Geochemical Mass Transfer and Water/Rock Ratios in Submarine Hydrothermal Systems: Implications for Estimating the Vigor of Convection, Geofluids, 1, 163-181.

Alt-Epping, P. and L. Smith (2003), Transient Convective Circulation in a Sedimented Ridge Setting: Implications for Applying Geochemical Data to Estimate Permeability, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, No B5, 2246.

Berger, A. T. Burri, P. Alt-Epping and M. Engi (2007), Tectonically controlled fluid flow and water assisted melting in the middle crust: An example from the Central Alps, Lithos, v. 102, iss. 3-4, p. 598-615.

Alt-Epping, P. and L.W Diamond (2007), Reactive transport simulations of hydrothermal circulation in oceanic hydrothermal systems, in T.B. Bullen and Y. Wang, (eds.), Water-Rock Interaction. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction WRI-12, Vol. 1, 277-280, Taylor & Francis, London.

Alt-Epping, P. and L.W. Diamond (2008) Reactive transport and numerical modeling of seafloor hydrothermal systems: a review, In: R.P. Lowell, J.S. Seewald, A. Metaxas, and M.R. Perfit (eds.), Modeling Hydrothermal Processes at Oceanic Spreading Centers: Magma to Microbe, AGU Monograph, Washington, DC.


Expertise of Peter Alt-Epping:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeExpert Type
Scientific / Fundamental Research
Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
Topic HydrosphereHydrosphere
Ocean
Water Pollution / Waste Water
Topic LithosphereLithosphere
Geochemical Processes
Topic Integrated SystemsIntegrated Systems and Ecology
Carbon Cycle
Hydrogeochemical Cycle
Topic EcosystemsEcosystems
Marine Ecosystems
Topic Economy/ResourceUseEconomy / Resource Use
Energy
Mineral Resources
MethodsMethod
Modeling
Applied Research / Technology
Integrated Assessment
GeoForum Geo-TechnologyGeophysics
Geothermics
Hydrogeology
Geotechnics, Geomatics, Geophysics
GeoForum Environmental-TechnologyEnvironmental Technologies
Waste Storage and Management
Groundwater Protection
Mining

Specialties of Peter Alt-Epping:
Reactive transport modelling and code development

CO2 sequestration in saline aquifers

Sustainability of geothermal systems

Oceanic hydrothermal and black smoker systems

Ore forming processes in hydrothermal systems

Non-reactive transport in low-permeability rocks

Two-phase flow and reactive transport

Last update: 4/8/22
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