Research Interests

• Mechanical properties of clay minerals

• Aseismic processes

• Wellbore – Logging

• Mechanical behaviour of a reservoir during hydraulic stimulation

• Analysis of the connection of mineralogy and fracture mechanics

Publications
Title	Author	Source	Year
Neutron-TOF-diffraction for residual strain analysis of altered granites from the geothermal site in Soultz-sous-Forêts, France	C. Meller, B. Müller, F. Schilling, C. Scheffzük	MECASENS, 30 September – 2 October, Grenoble, France	2015
Abschätzung der Scherwahrscheinlichkeit von Klüften während der hydraulischen Stimulation	C. Meller, T. Kohl, A. Genter and E. Gaucher	Geothermiekongress 2011, 10 S., Bochum	2011
The application of a neural network to map clay zones in crystalline rock	Carola Meller; Albert Genter; Thomas Kohl	Geophysical Journal International 2013; doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt423	2014
Characterization of the geomechanical properties of a reservoir rock from an integrated analysis of borehole data	David Sahara, Carola Meller, Thomas Kohl	in European Geothermal Congress, 19-23 September 2016, Strasbourg, France	2016
How synthetic clay content logs from well logs can help to assess the behavior of a geothermal reservoir upon hydrothermal stimulation.	Meller C, Kohl, T.	In: World Geothermal Congress 2015	2015
Identification and characterization of hydrothermally altered zones in granite by combining synthetic clay content logs with magnetic mineralogical investigations of drilled rock cuttings.	Meller C, Kontny A, Kohl T	Geophys J Int. 199 (1), 465-479. doi: 10.1039/gji/ggu278	2014
Coductivity Effects on the Frequency Dependence of Susceptibility	C. Meller	Diplomarbeit, Universität Tübingen	2010
Effiziente und sichere Nutzung der Geothermie- Was kann das GeoLaB dafür leisten?	C. Meller	12. Master Class Course Conference, 1st-5th December, Eberswalde, Germany	2015
Heiß auf Energie- Forschung und Visionen für die Geothermie	C. Meller	Blick nach vorne – Energiesystem 2050, 5. Jahrestagung des KIT-Zentrums Energie, 15th June, Karlsruhe, Germany	2016
Identification and mechanical effects of hydrothermal alteration zones in a geothermal reservoir	C. Meller	Geo-Kolloquium, 26th January, TU Darmstadt, Germany	2016
Residual strain analysis by neutron-TOF-diffraction on altered granites from the well EPS1 of the geothermal site in Soultz-sous-Forêts, France	C. Meller, B. Müller, F. Schilling, C. Scheffzük	in European Conference on Neutron Scattering, 30 August – 4 September, Zaragoza, Spain	2015
Approach for Determination of the Failure Probability at the Soultz-sous-Forêts EGS Project	C. Meller, T. Kohl and E. Gaucher	in Proceedings 37th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, pp. 8, Stanford, California	2012
Integrated research as key to the development of a sustainable geothermal energy technology	Carola Meller and 35 co-authors	Energy Technology doi:10.1002/ente.201600579	2016
The Identification of clay bearing fractures from well logs and their implication for rock mechanics	Carola Meller, Albert Genter, Thomas Kohl	Sedimentary Basins Jena, 23 -25 September	2013
The Application of a Neural Network to Identify Clay Bearing Fractures from Well Logs	Carola Meller, Albert Genter, Thomas Kohl	2nd European Geothermal Workshop, 24.-25. October, Strasbourg, France	2013
The identification of clay bearing fractures from well logs and their implications for rock mechanics	Carola Meller, Albert Genter, Thomas Kohl	EAGE-Sustainable Earth Sciences, 30. September-4. October, Pau, France	2013
Implication of petrography and structure of a rock mass for geomechanical processes associated with EGS projects	Carola Meller, David Sahara, Thomas Kohl	in European Geothermal Congress, 19-23 September, Strasbourg, France	2016
The geomechanical significance of clay for geothermal reservoirs.	Meller C, Kohl T	In: 3rd European geothermal Workshop, Karlsruhe, 15th-16th October 2014 2014. p 6. doi:10.13140/2.1.4055.2966	2014
A method to map clay zones in crystalline geothermal reservoirs-A Neural Network Based Approach Towards a Better Mechanical and Hydraulic Understanding of the Reservoir.	Meller, C., Genter, A. & Kohl, T.	in Impulse für die Zukunft der Energie: Wissenschaftliche Beiträge des KIT zur 2. Jahrestagung des KIT-Zentrums Energie. Doktorandensymposium, pp. 27-32, ed Breh, W. KIT Scientific Publishing, Karlsruhe.	2013
The significance of hydrothermal alteration zones for the mechanical behavior of a geothermal reservoir.	Meller, C., Kohl, T.	Geothermal Energy	2014
Estimation of the Failure Probability during EGS Stimulation – Geological and Mechanical Processes	Meller, C., Kohl, T., Gaucher, E., Genter, A.	European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 22.-27 April	2012
Is There a Link between Mineralogy, Petrophysics, and the Hydraulic and Seismic Behavior of the Soultz-sous-Forêts Granite during Stimulation? A Review and Re-Interpretation of Petro-Hydromechanical Data [...]	Meller, C.; Lédesert, B.	Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, DOI:10.1002/2017JB014648	2017
Acceptability of geothermal installations - A geoethical concept for GeoLaB	Meller, C.; Schill, E.; Bremer, J.; Kolditz, O.; Bleicher, A.; Benighaus, C.; Chavot, P.; Gross, M.; Pellizzone, A.; Renn, O.; Schilling, F.; Kohl, T.	Geothermics	2017
Criteria and geological setting for the generic geothermal underground research laboratory, GEOLAB	Schill, Eva; Meixner, Jörg; Meller, Carola; Grimm, Manuel; Grimmer, Jens C.; Stober, Ingrid; Kohl, Thomas	Geothermal Energy 4:7, pp. 1-30	2016
First steps towards determining the failure probability at the Soultz-sous-Forêts EGS project	Meller, C., Gaucher, E., Kohl, T.	Soultz Geothermal Conference, Soultz-sous-Forêts, France, 5-6 October 2011	2011