Creation of Secondary Porosity in Dolostones by Upwelling Basement Water in the Foreland of the Alpine Orogen

Figure 1

(a) Geology of the Swiss Molasse Basin. The thick green line is the national border. Coordinates are Swiss km grid. (b) Cross section y–y after Pfiffner et al. [8]. (c) Litho- and hydrostratigraphy of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic sediments at the Benken (BEN) well (TD: Trigonodus Dolomit; HMK: Hautpmuschelkalk; DAG: Dolomit der Anhydritgruppe; modified after Nagra [9]).

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