ICONS atlas: EUR - Thuringian Basin

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Overview

This page bundles the available data for the Thuringian 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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Thuringian Basin location map
Basin name Thuringian Basin
Region code EUR
Basin ID 3160
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.

Thuringian Basin cross section
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Dynamic topography evolution for basin centroid
Thuringian 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
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Mantle Lid thickness
Median 70.862
Mean 69.797
Scale 7.315
stdev 6.747
Z_min/Location 54.981/51.2667°Lat 9.83333°Lon
Z_max/Location 83.270/ 50.8°Lat 12.3667°Lon

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Depth of 550 deg isotherm
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Depth of 550 deg isotherm
Median -33.409
Mean -33.161
Scale 1.711
stdev 1.529
Z_min/Location -35.989/50.8°Lat 12.3667°Lon
Z_max/Location -29.798/ 51.2°Lat 9.8°Lon

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Mobil isopachs
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Mobil isopachs
Median 0.186
Mean 0.346
Scale 0.281
stdev 0.456
Z_min/Location -0.434/51.0667°Lat 12.6333°Lon
Z_max/Location 2.411/ 51.7667°Lat 10.2333°Lon

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Plain crustal thickness
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Plain crustal thickness
Median 29.358
Mean 29.298
Scale 0.642
stdev 0.574
Z_min/Location 27.932/50.7°Lat 10.9°Lon
Z_max/Location 30.343/ 51.6333°Lat 11.6333°Lon

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Base middle crust
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Base middle crust
Median -19.389
Mean -19.320
Scale 0.371
stdev 0.354
Z_min/Location -19.963/51.6333°Lat 11.6333°Lon
Z_max/Location -18.465/ 50.9°Lat 10.5°Lon

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Base lower crust
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Base lower crust
Median -29.616
Mean -29.505
Scale 0.598
stdev 0.552
Z_min/Location -30.416/51.6333°Lat 11.6333°Lon
Z_max/Location -28.181/ 50.9°Lat 10.5°Lon

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Total crustal thickness
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Total crustal thickness
Median 29.954
Mean 29.843
Scale 0.612
stdev 0.558
Z_min/Location 28.508/50.9°Lat 10.5°Lon
Z_max/Location 30.765/ 51.6333°Lat 11.6333°Lon

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Base upper crust
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Base upper crust
Median -9.743
Mean -9.701
Scale 0.169
stdev 0.174
Z_min/Location -10.008/51.7667°Lat 10.2°Lon
Z_max/Location -9.272/ 50.9°Lat 10.5°Lon

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Thermal lithospheric thickness
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Thermal lithospheric thickness
Median 100.722
Mean 99.639
Scale 7.739
stdev 6.956
Z_min/Location 84.361/51.2°Lat 9.8°Lon
Z_max/Location 113.495/ 50.8°Lat 12.3667°Lon

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Heatflow
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Heatflow
Median 74.870
Mean 74.800
Scale 0.932
stdev 0.850
Z_min/Location 72.782/51.2667°Lat 9.83333°Lon
Z_max/Location 76.453/ 51.5333°Lat 11.9°Lon

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Topography (ETOPO2)
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Topography (ETOPO2)
Median 254.000
Mean 258.600
Scale 103.782
stdev 97.871
Z_min/Location -16.000/51.3333°Lat 11.8667°Lon
Z_max/Location 711.000/ 51.2333°Lat 9.83333°Lon

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Base hard sediments
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Base hard sediments
Median -0.170
Mean -0.207
Scale 0.261
stdev 0.217
Z_min/Location -0.736/50.7333°Lat 11.9333°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.079/ 51.3333°Lat 10.1°Lon

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Temperature at 50km depth
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Temperature at 50km depth
Median 836.822
Mean 845.404
Scale 42.746
stdev 40.230
Z_min/Location 776.438/50.8°Lat 12.3667°Lon
Z_max/Location 942.246/ 51.2°Lat 9.8°Lon

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Laske sediment thickness
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Laske sediment thickness
Median 0.671
Mean 0.581
Scale 0.222
stdev 0.246
Z_min/Location 0.012/51.1°Lat 12.6667°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.891/ 50.9°Lat 10.5°Lon

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Lithospheric temperature gradient
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Lithospheric temperature gradient
Median 9.101
Mean 9.051
Scale 0.521
stdev 0.467
Z_min/Location 8.097/50.8°Lat 12.3667°Lon
Z_max/Location 10.181/ 51.7667°Lat 10.2°Lon

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Computations

Isostatic correction
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Isostatic correction
Median 0.287
Mean 0.248
Scale 0.094
stdev 0.104
Z_min/Location 0.005/51.1°Lat 12.6667°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.379/50.9°Lat 10.5°Lon

Comments

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TTS (sediment)
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - TTS (sediment)
Median -0.094
Mean -0.041
Scale 0.363
stdev 0.292
Z_min/Location -0.417/51.2°Lat 10.2°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.617/50.7333°Lat 11.9333°Lon

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Beta (Sediment)
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Beta (Sediment)
Median 0.988
Mean 0.996
Scale 0.045
stdev 0.038
Z_min/Location 0.949/51.2°Lat 10.2°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.086/50.7333°Lat 11.9333°Lon

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Crustal vs lithosph. extn.
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Crustal vs lithosph. extn.
Median 0.003
Mean -0.009
Scale 0.077
stdev 0.075
Z_min/Location -0.183/51.3°Lat 9.86667°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.121/50.8°Lat 12.3667°Lon

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Anomalous TTS
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Anomalous TTS
Median -0.132
Mean -0.103
Scale 0.398
stdev 0.321
Z_min/Location -0.704/50.9667°Lat 10.3667°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.508/50.8°Lat 12.3667°Lon

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Predicted elevation
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Predicted elevation
Median 947.906
Mean 962.698
Scale 106.218
stdev 103.453
Z_min/Location 781.185/50.8°Lat 12.3667°Lon
Z_max/Location 1240.350/51.7667°Lat 10.2°Lon

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Beta (Crust)
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Beta (Crust)
Median 1.006
Mean 1.008
Scale 0.022
stdev 0.020
Z_min/Location 0.973/51.6333°Lat 11.6333°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.057/50.7°Lat 10.9°Lon

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TTS (crust)
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - TTS (crust)
Median 0.046
Mean 0.062
Scale 0.170
stdev 0.152
Z_min/Location -0.215/51.6333°Lat 11.6333°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.423/50.7°Lat 10.9°Lon

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Differential Beta
Thuringian Basin location map
Statistics - Differential Beta
Median -0.016
Mean -0.012
Scale 0.050
stdev 0.042
Z_min/Location -0.090/50.9667°Lat 10.3667°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.071/50.8°Lat 12.3667°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