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Bertrand Fritz is a researcher affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France. Their work primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, contributing to areas including environmental engineering, geochemistry and petrology, renewable energy and sustainability, mechanics of materials, and atmospheric science.

Their research encompasses several key topics within these fields:

  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Groundwater and isotope geochemistry
  • CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions
  • Geothermal energy systems and applications
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis
  • Hydrology and watershed management studies

Bertrand Fritz has published multiple peer-reviewed papers. Some notable recent publications include:

  • Abiotic hydrogen generation from biotite-rich granite: A case study of the Soultz-sous-Forêts geothermal site, France (2020) in Applied Geochemistry
  • Investigating the role of deep weathering in critical zone evolution by reactive transport modeling of the geochemical composition of deep fracture water (2021) in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Crossing hydrological and geochemical modeling to understand the spatiotemporal variability of water chemistry in a headwater catchment (Strengbach, France) (2020) in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Hydrogeochemical modeling of the spatiotemporal variations in 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratios and Sr concentrations of spring waters in a headwater catchment (Strengbach CZO-France) (2022) in Chemical Geology
  • Impact of secondary coatings on the dissolution rate of K-feldspar: A combined experimental and modeling study (2024) in Geothermics

Bertrand Fritz often collaborates with a group of frequent coauthors, including:

  • Julien Ackerer
  • A.H. Clément
  • Coralie Ranchoux
  • Yann Lucas
  • Daniel Viville

Their research has appeared in several specialized publication venues such as:

  • Applied Geochemistry
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geothermics

Best Publications

  • Origin of Salts and Brine Evolution of Bolivian and Chilean Salars

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  • Strontium as a tracer of weathering processes in a silicate catchment polluted by acid atmospheric inputs, Strengbach, France

    A Probst;A El Gh'mari;D Aubert;B Fritz

  • Influence of acid atmospheric inputs on surface water chemistry and mineral fluxes in a declining spruce stand within a small granitic catchment (Vosges Massif, France).

    Anne Probst;Etienne Dambrine;Daniel Viville;Bertrand Fritz

  • Etude thermodynamique et modélisation des réactions hydrothermales et diagénétiques

    Bertrand Fritz

  • QUATERNARY GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF THE SALARS OF UYUNI AND COIPASA, CENTRAL ALTIPLANO, BOLIVIA

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  • Modelling the long term alteration of the engineered bentonite barrier in an underground radioactive waste repository.

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  • Dissolution of subglacial volcanic glasses from Iceland: laboratory study and modelling

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  • Geochemistry of Bolivian salars, Lipez, southern Altiplano: Origin of solutes and brine evolution

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  • An ideal solid solution model for calculating solubility of clay minerals

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  • Modeling the coupling between free and forced convection in a vertical permeable slot: implications for the heat production of an Enhanced Geothermal System

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  • Geochemical behaviour of silica and magnesium during the evaporation of waters in Chad

    Jean Yves Gac;Abdullah Droubi;Bertrand Fritz;Yves Tardy

  • Generalized residual alkalinity concept; application to prediction of the chemical evolution of natural waters by evaporation

    A. Al-Droubi;B. Fritz;J. Y. Gac;Y. Tardy

  • Evolution of crack permeability during fluid–rock interaction. Example of the Brézouard granite (Vosges, France)

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  • Chemical weathering of basaltic lava flows undergoing extreme climatic conditions: the water geochemistry record

    Marc F. Benedetti;Aline Dia;Jean Riotte;François Chabaux

  • Origin of components in Chilean thermal waters

    François Risacher;Bertrand Fritz;Arturo Hauser

  • Geochemical tracing and hydrogeochemical modelling of water-rock interactions during salinization of alluvial groundwater (Upper Rhine Valley, France)

    Yann Lucas;A.D. Schmitt;A.D. Schmitt;F. Chabaux;Alain Clément

  • Bromine geochemistry of salar de Uyuni and deeper salt crusts, Central Altiplano, Bolivia

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  • Geochemistry of brines of the chott El Jerid in southern Tunesia — Application of Pitzer's equations

    Moncef Gueddari;Christophe Monnin;Dominique Perret;Bertrand Fritz

  • Mid-Term Trends in Acid Precipitation, Streamwater Chemistry and Element Budgets in the Strengbach Catchment (Vosges Mountains, France)

    Anne Probst;Bertrand Fritz;Daniel Viville

  • Calcite veins of the Stripa granite (Sweden) as records of the origin of the groundwaters and their interactions with the granitic body

    Norbert Clauer;Shaun K Frape;Bertrand Fritz

  • Does crystallographic anisotropy prevent the conventional treatment of aqueous mineral reactivity? A case study based on K-feldspar dissolution kinetics

    Marion Pollet-Villard;Damien Daval;Damien Daval;Philippe Ackerer;Giuseppe D. Saldi

  • The Strengbach Catchment: A Multidisciplinary Environmental Sentry for 30 Years

    Marie-Claire Pierret;Solenn Cotel;Philippe Ackerer;Emilie Beaulieu

  • Interactions of corrosion products and bentonite: An extended multicomponent reactive transport model

    Chuanhe Lu;Chuanhe Lu;Javier Samper;Bertrand Fritz;Alain Clement

  • Influence of etch pit development on the surface area and dissolution kinetics of the orthoclase (001) surface

    Marion Pollet-Villard;Damien Daval;Damien Daval;Bertrand Fritz;Kevin G. Knauss

  • Geochemical modelling of fluid-rock interactions in the context of the Soultz-sous-Forêts geothermal system

    Bertrand Fritz;Emmanuel Jacquot;Benoit Jacquemont;Armelle Baldeyrou-Bailly

  • Nucleation, growth and ageing scenarios in closed systems I: A unified mathematical framework for precipitation, condensation and crystallization

    Claudine Noguera;B. Fritz;A. Clément;Alain Baronnet

  • Mineral Precipitation Kinetics

    Bertrand Fritz;Claudine Noguera

  • Geochemical and isotopic (U, Sr) tracing of water pathways in the granitic Ringelbach catchment (Vosges Mountains, France)

    Thiébaud Schaffhauser;François Chabaux;Bruno Ambroise;Yann Lucas

  • Abiotic hydrogen generation from biotite-rich granite: A case study of the Soultz-sous-Forêts geothermal site, France

    Jesica María Murray;Jesica María Murray;Alain Clément;Bertrand Fritz;Jean Schmittbuhl

Frequent Co-Authors

Damien Daval
Damien Daval Grenoble Alpes University
François Chabaux
François Chabaux University of Strasbourg
Anne Probst
Anne Probst Paul Sabatier University
Jean Schmittbuhl
Jean Schmittbuhl University of Strasbourg
Olivier Vidal
Olivier Vidal Grenoble Alpes University
Jean-Luc Probst
Jean-Luc Probst Paul Sabatier University
Thierry Reuschlé
Thierry Reuschlé University of Strasbourg
Yves Géraud
Yves Géraud University of Lorraine
Daniel Beaufort
Daniel Beaufort University of Poitiers
Etienne Dambrine
Etienne Dambrine INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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