ICONS atlas: EUR - Anglo-Paris Basin

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Overview

This page bundles the available data for the Anglo-Paris Basin in the European 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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Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Basin name Anglo-Paris Basin
Region code EUR
Basin ID 3020
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.

Anglo-Paris Basin cross section
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Dynamic topography evolution for basin centroid
Anglo-Paris Basin 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
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Mantle Lid thickness
Median 88.896
Mean 88.702
Scale 13.870
stdev 12.465
Z_min/Location 50.446/49.9667°Lat 6.46667°Lon
Z_max/Location 109.498/ 47.7333°Lat 6.06667°Lon

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Depth of 550 deg isotherm
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Depth of 550 deg isotherm
Median -37.501
Mean -37.343
Scale 2.326
stdev 2.392
Z_min/Location -41.108/46.8667°Lat -0.2°Lon
Z_max/Location -29.145/ 49.9667°Lat 6.46667°Lon

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Mobil isopachs
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Mobil isopachs
Median 1.013
Mean 1.394
Scale 0.942
stdev 1.296
Z_min/Location -0.958/49.7°Lat 7.23333°Lon
Z_max/Location 6.672/ 50.4667°Lat -1.33333°Lon

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Plain crustal thickness
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Plain crustal thickness
Median 31.399
Mean 31.720
Scale 2.541
stdev 2.231
Z_min/Location 27.949/50.8°Lat -3.93333°Lon
Z_max/Location 36.227/ 50.8°Lat 2.06667°Lon

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Base middle crust
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Base middle crust
Median -22.337
Mean -22.339
Scale 1.548
stdev 1.488
Z_min/Location -25.440/50.7667°Lat 2.2°Lon
Z_max/Location -18.802/ 46.8667°Lat 3.5°Lon

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Base lower crust
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Base lower crust
Median -32.770
Mean -32.900
Scale 2.645
stdev 2.263
Z_min/Location -37.700/50.7667°Lat 2.2°Lon
Z_max/Location -28.199/ 46.9°Lat 3.76667°Lon

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Total crustal thickness
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Total crustal thickness
Median 32.903
Mean 33.046
Scale 2.568
stdev 2.222
Z_min/Location 28.787/46.9°Lat 3.76667°Lon
Z_max/Location 37.785/ 50.7667°Lat 2.2°Lon

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Base upper crust
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Base upper crust
Median -11.780
Mean -11.647
Scale 0.772
stdev 0.813
Z_min/Location -13.229/50.6°Lat 3.03333°Lon
Z_max/Location -9.443/ 46.9°Lat 3.76667°Lon

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Thermal lithospheric thickness
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Thermal lithospheric thickness
Median 122.267
Mean 121.748
Scale 12.598
stdev 11.719
Z_min/Location 84.337/49.9667°Lat 6.46667°Lon
Z_max/Location 142.000/ 48.0°Lat 1.0°Lon

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Heatflow
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Heatflow
Median 57.539
Mean 59.404
Scale 2.291
stdev 4.429
Z_min/Location 54.499/50.2°Lat 2.1°Lon
Z_max/Location 77.488/ 47.8333°Lat 6.23333°Lon

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Topography (ETOPO2)
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Topography (ETOPO2)
Median 120.000
Mean 121.020
Scale 88.956
stdev 110.540
Z_min/Location -175.000/50.6°Lat -3.43333°Lon
Z_max/Location 554.000/ 47.5°Lat 4.8°Lon

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Base hard sediments
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Base hard sediments
Median -1.169
Mean -1.267
Scale 0.518
stdev 0.562
Z_min/Location -2.888/49.9°Lat 3.96667°Lon
Z_max/Location -0.007/ 48.2667°Lat 6.3°Lon

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Temperature at 50km depth
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Temperature at 50km depth
Median 743.317
Mean 749.239
Scale 48.085
stdev 52.962
Z_min/Location 671.000/48.0°Lat 1.0°Lon
Z_max/Location 968.578/ 49.9667°Lat 6.46667°Lon

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Laske sediment thickness
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Laske sediment thickness
Median 0.983
Mean 1.127
Scale 0.733
stdev 0.734
Z_min/Location -0.085/48.6667°Lat -0.233333°Lon
Z_max/Location 2.922/ 51.0667°Lat -1.06667°Lon

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Lithospheric temperature gradient
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Lithospheric temperature gradient
Median 7.791
Mean 7.892
Scale 0.569
stdev 0.605
Z_min/Location 6.966/47.0°Lat 0.0°Lon
Z_max/Location 10.039/ 50.0°Lat 4.0°Lon

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Computations

Isostatic correction
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Isostatic correction
Median 0.417
Mean 0.471
Scale 0.304
stdev 0.298
Z_min/Location 0.000/49.2333°Lat -0.566667°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.180/51.0667°Lat -1.06667°Lon

Comments

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TTS (sediment)
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - TTS (sediment)
Median 0.748
Mean 0.796
Scale 0.312
stdev 0.395
Z_min/Location -0.383/48.2667°Lat 6.3°Lon
Z_max/Location 2.071/50.1°Lat 3.93333°Lon

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Beta (Sediment)
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Beta (Sediment)
Median 1.106
Mean 1.117
Scale 0.049
stdev 0.065
Z_min/Location 0.953/48.2667°Lat 6.3°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.360/50.1°Lat 3.93333°Lon

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Crustal vs lithosph. extn.
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Crustal vs lithosph. extn.
Median -0.019
Mean -0.027
Scale 0.167
stdev 0.132
Z_min/Location -0.486/49.9667°Lat 6.46667°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.205/47.0667°Lat 4.63333°Lon

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Anomalous TTS
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Anomalous TTS
Median 1.031
Mean 1.016
Scale 0.651
stdev 0.638
Z_min/Location -0.579/46.9°Lat 3.76667°Lon
Z_max/Location 2.898/50.6333°Lat 3.33333°Lon

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Predicted elevation
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Predicted elevation
Median 903.884
Mean 912.328
Scale 428.102
stdev 323.904
Z_min/Location 291.103/47.0667°Lat 4.63333°Lon
Z_max/Location 1748.820/50.6333°Lat 3.33333°Lon

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Beta (Crust)
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Beta (Crust)
Median 0.983
Mean 0.977
Scale 0.080
stdev 0.068
Z_min/Location 0.852/50.8°Lat 2.06667°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.104/50.8°Lat -3.93333°Lon

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TTS (crust)
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - TTS (crust)
Median -0.139
Mean -0.220
Scale 0.644
stdev 0.566
Z_min/Location -1.363/50.8°Lat 2.06667°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.735/50.8°Lat -3.93333°Lon

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Differential Beta
Anglo-Paris Basin location map
Statistics - Differential Beta
Median 0.142
Mean 0.140
Scale 0.086
stdev 0.087
Z_min/Location -0.083/46.9°Lat 3.76667°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.421/50.2333°Lat 3.83333°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 02:36:46 CEST | © Christian Heine, School of Geosciences, Sydney University, Australia