STUDY Area

The area includes the sector of the Northern Apennine buried structures
belonging to the Romagna and Ferrara Folds (RFF).

Maps

Pieghe Romagna e Ferrara (RFF)

Geothermal studies conducted in the RFF area have revealed important thermal and geological features which indicate the potential for the development of geothermal resources.

THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS

 

The thermal gradients in the area have shown variability: lower values are recorded within the deep carbonate units (on average 14°C/km), while higher gradients are observed in the overlying impermeable formations (on average 53°C/km). This suggests the possible occurrence of thermal fluid convection within the deep carbonate units, as evidenced by positive heat flow anomalies in the eastern Po Plain.

The thermal characteristics observed in the area are likely linked to extensive seismic anomalies in the shallow mantle beneath the Apennines, suggesting mantle upwelling activity and accumulation of melt at the crust-mantle transition.

GEOLOGICAL FEATURES
OF THE RFF AREA OF FERRARA

85°-95°

Average temperature​

of the hydrothermal system in dolomite and fractured limestones, with a reservoir 0.7-1 km thick. These geological conditions indicate the presence of potential geothermal sites in the area.

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Exploratory wells

drilled for oil and gas exploration. These wells provide essential lithography data, temperatures, and geophysical logs.