ICONS atlas: CAS - North Caucasus Platform

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Overview

This page bundles the available data for the North Caucasus Platform in the Greater Caspian Region. The images are hyperlinks and will open up a separate window with a high resolution PDF image of the map.
The basin data is derived from a lower resolution grid which has been upsampled using GMT. This could have introduced an accuracy which is beyond the original data resolution.

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North Caucasus Platform location map
Basin name North Caucasus Platform
Region code CAS
Basin ID 3820
Plate location/code intra-cratonic/INC
Basin cross section

The basin cross section is automatically generated using the available crustal structure data sets. Sometimes the data labels are not plotted correctly, depending on the length of the section.

The location of the profile is indicated in all maps as dashed-dotted thin black line. For the endpoints of the profile, the two points of a given polygon located farthest away from each other were computed.

North Caucasus Platform cross section
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Dynamic topography evolution for basin centroid
North Caucasus Platform dynamic topography through time

The dynamic topography history for the basin is derived by tracking the basin centroid. The paleo-location for this point is computed using the EarthByte plate kinematic framework rotating the position back in time.

The dynamic topography model is derived from the S20RTS seismic tomography model (Ritsema et al., 99) by converting seismic velocites to density anomalies using an empirical scaling factor of 0.25. The density anomalies are then advected back in time to compute mantle flow with plate motions superimposed (using the EarthByte plate rotation framework) as surface boundary conditions. The dynamic topography is then derived from the computed density distribution using a free upper boundary. For details regarding the methodology see the following papers:

  • B. Steinberger, H. Schmeling, and G. Marquart. Large-scale lithospheric stress field and topography induced by global mantle circulation. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 186:75-91, 2001.
    doi: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00229-1.
  • B. Steinberger. Effects of latent heat release at phase boundaries on flow in the Earth's mantle, phase boundary topography and dynamic topography at the Earth's surface. Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 164:2-20, 2007.
    doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.04.021.

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Observations

Mantle Lid thickness
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Mantle Lid thickness
Median 79.865
Mean 81.347
Scale 22.016
stdev 18.092
Z_min/Location 47.620/45.9°Lat 50.6°Lon
Z_max/Location 124.456/ 46.9333°Lat 37.0667°Lon

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Depth of 550 deg isotherm
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Depth of 550 deg isotherm
Median -37.153
Mean -37.385
Scale 3.763
stdev 3.117
Z_min/Location -45.360/46.9333°Lat 37.0667°Lon
Z_max/Location -31.099/ 45.8667°Lat 50.7°Lon

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Mobil isopachs
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Mobil isopachs
Median 3.669
Mean 3.589
Scale 1.657
stdev 1.802
Z_min/Location -0.751/46.8333°Lat 36.1°Lon
Z_max/Location 9.628/ 46.9333°Lat 45.4333°Lon

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Plain crustal thickness
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Plain crustal thickness
Median 38.472
Mean 37.513
Scale 4.204
stdev 4.990
Z_min/Location 16.745/44.3°Lat 39.6667°Lon
Z_max/Location 46.155/ 43.8667°Lat 46.2667°Lon

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Base middle crust
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Base middle crust
Median -34.079
Mean -33.650
Scale 3.475
stdev 3.811
Z_min/Location -41.922/44.0°Lat 46.2667°Lon
Z_max/Location -23.775/ 44.2667°Lat 39.7667°Lon

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Base lower crust
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Base lower crust
Median -41.929
Mean -41.644
Scale 3.343
stdev 3.543
Z_min/Location -49.163/43.9°Lat 46.5333°Lon
Z_max/Location -29.160/ 44.2667°Lat 39.7667°Lon

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Total crustal thickness
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Total crustal thickness
Median 42.265
Mean 41.900
Scale 3.665
stdev 3.927
Z_min/Location 27.435/44.2667°Lat 39.7667°Lon
Z_max/Location 50.342/ 43.8667°Lat 46.4667°Lon

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Base upper crust
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Base upper crust
Median -19.695
Mean -19.520
Scale 2.047
stdev 1.855
Z_min/Location -23.087/45.7°Lat 45.8667°Lon
Z_max/Location -14.332/ 44.1333°Lat 42.0333°Lon

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Thermal lithospheric thickness
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Thermal lithospheric thickness
Median 122.529
Mean 123.250
Scale 20.338
stdev 17.007
Z_min/Location 88.861/45.9°Lat 50.6°Lon
Z_max/Location 165.263/ 46.9333°Lat 37.0667°Lon

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Heatflow
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Heatflow
Median 58.649
Mean 59.112
Scale 6.606
stdev 6.150
Z_min/Location 45.527/47.7333°Lat 39.6333°Lon
Z_max/Location 76.562/ 44.1333°Lat 42.0667°Lon

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Topography (ETOPO2)
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Topography (ETOPO2)
Median 34.000
Mean 81.736
Scale 88.956
stdev 148.827
Z_min/Location -190.000/46.8667°Lat 37.1667°Lon
Z_max/Location 1104.000/ 44.2667°Lat 40.3°Lon

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Base hard sediments
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Base hard sediments
Median -3.722
Mean -4.132
Scale 1.649
stdev 2.071
Z_min/Location -12.453/44.3°Lat 39.6667°Lon
Z_max/Location -0.202/ 43.7667°Lat 44.1°Lon

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Temperature at 50km depth
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Temperature at 50km depth
Median 750.771
Mean 753.092
Scale 75.672
stdev 62.334
Z_min/Location 616.091/46.9333°Lat 37.0667°Lon
Z_max/Location 901.835/ 45.9°Lat 50.6°Lon

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Laske sediment thickness
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Laske sediment thickness
Median 3.921
Mean 4.318
Scale 2.212
stdev 2.270
Z_min/Location 0.571/44.1333°Lat 41.4°Lon
Z_max/Location 11.200/ 44.1333°Lat 47.9667°Lon

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Lithospheric temperature gradient
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Lithospheric temperature gradient
Median 7.506
Mean 7.640
Scale 0.842
stdev 0.885
Z_min/Location 6.043/45.0°Lat 42.0°Lon
Z_max/Location 10.290/ 45.9°Lat 50.6°Lon

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Computations

Isostatic correction
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Isostatic correction
Median 1.543
Mean 1.628
Scale 0.790
stdev 0.746
Z_min/Location 0.244/44.1333°Lat 41.4°Lon
Z_max/Location 3.559/44.1333°Lat 47.9667°Lon

Comments

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TTS (sediment)
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - TTS (sediment)
Median 2.146
Mean 2.504
Scale 1.648
stdev 2.008
Z_min/Location -1.740/43.9333°Lat 44.4667°Lon
Z_max/Location 9.879/44.3°Lat 39.6667°Lon

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Beta (Sediment)
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Beta (Sediment)
Median 1.360
Mean 1.877
Scale 0.415
stdev 29.350
Z_min/Location -1018.410/44.7667°Lat 40.2667°Lon
Z_max/Location 4265.760/45.0333°Lat 39.7333°Lon

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Crustal vs lithosph. extn.
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Crustal vs lithosph. extn.
Median -0.034
Mean 0.021
Scale 0.218
stdev 0.237
Z_min/Location -0.367/45.8667°Lat 50.7°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.290/44.2667°Lat 39.7667°Lon

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Anomalous TTS
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Anomalous TTS
Median 2.314
Mean 2.473
Scale 0.798
stdev 1.224
Z_min/Location -0.830/43.9°Lat 44.2°Lon
Z_max/Location 5.725/45.3333°Lat 34.8667°Lon

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Predicted elevation
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Predicted elevation
Median 1623.940
Mean 1531.890
Scale 394.777
stdev 384.605
Z_min/Location 234.532/44.2667°Lat 39.7667°Lon
Z_max/Location 2092.420/44.1333°Lat 48.0°Lon

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Beta (Crust)
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Beta (Crust)
Median 0.979
Mean 1.026
Scale 0.107
stdev 0.171
Z_min/Location 0.816/43.8667°Lat 46.2667°Lon
Z_max/Location 2.249/44.3°Lat 39.6667°Lon

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TTS (crust)
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - TTS (crust)
Median -0.168
Mean 0.031
Scale 0.873
stdev 1.036
Z_min/Location -1.763/43.8667°Lat 46.2667°Lon
Z_max/Location 4.343/44.3°Lat 39.6667°Lon

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Differential Beta
North Caucasus Platform location map
Statistics - Differential Beta
Median 0.389
Mean 0.851
Scale 0.282
stdev 29.346
Z_min/Location -1019.960/44.7667°Lat 40.2667°Lon
Z_max/Location 4264.270/45.0333°Lat 39.7333°Lon

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This basin data is based on interpolated global grids and might contain gridding errors or wrongly interpolated data values.

Page generated 2008-08-03 02:36:42 CEST | © Christian Heine, School of Geosciences, Sydney University, Australia