ICONS atlas: ARA - Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin)

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Overview

This page bundles the available data for the Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) in the Arabian Peninsula. 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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Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Basin name Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin)
Region code ARA
Basin ID 5510
Plate location/code compress foreland/CMF
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.

Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) cross section
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Dynamic topography evolution for basin centroid
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian 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
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Mantle Lid thickness
Median 79.427
Mean 80.579
Scale 4.875
stdev 7.534
Z_min/Location 57.623/26.5333°Lat 55.7°Lon
Z_max/Location 110.543/ 21.0°Lat 45.0°Lon

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Depth of 550 deg isotherm
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Depth of 550 deg isotherm
Median -37.000
Mean -37.219
Scale 0.022
stdev 1.429
Z_min/Location -44.000/21.0°Lat 45.0°Lon
Z_max/Location -32.453/ 26.8667°Lat 52.9333°Lon

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Mobil isopachs
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Mobil isopachs
Median 3.927
Mean 3.796
Scale 3.811
stdev 2.617
Z_min/Location -1.463/20.7°Lat 44.2333°Lon
Z_max/Location 8.164/ 26.4667°Lat 54.0667°Lon

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Plain crustal thickness
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Plain crustal thickness
Median 35.669
Mean 35.531
Scale 6.131
stdev 4.771
Z_min/Location 24.777/17.8°Lat 52.3667°Lon
Z_max/Location 44.597/ 20.3°Lat 44.5°Lon

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Base middle crust
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Base middle crust
Median -28.090
Mean -27.689
Scale 3.602
stdev 3.481
Z_min/Location -32.749/22.6°Lat 51.4667°Lon
Z_max/Location -16.476/ 17.8°Lat 52.3667°Lon

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Base lower crust
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Base lower crust
Median -39.818
Mean -38.301
Scale 2.330
stdev 3.600
Z_min/Location -43.134/20.4333°Lat 44.5667°Lon
Z_max/Location -25.113/ 17.8°Lat 52.3667°Lon

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Total crustal thickness
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Total crustal thickness
Median 40.255
Mean 38.803
Scale 2.766
stdev 3.740
Z_min/Location 25.669/17.8°Lat 52.3667°Lon
Z_max/Location 44.635/ 20.3°Lat 44.5333°Lon

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Base upper crust
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Base upper crust
Median -15.375
Mean -15.162
Scale 2.775
stdev 2.436
Z_min/Location -19.247/22.6667°Lat 51.7667°Lon
Z_max/Location -7.854/ 17.8°Lat 52.3667°Lon

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Thermal lithospheric thickness
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Thermal lithospheric thickness
Median 118.000
Mean 119.383
Scale 0.216
stdev 7.911
Z_min/Location 95.195/26.5333°Lat 55.7°Lon
Z_max/Location 154.011/ 21.0333°Lat 44.9667°Lon

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Heatflow
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Heatflow
Median 69.311
Mean 69.106
Scale 10.112
stdev 9.096
Z_min/Location 54.914/22.1667°Lat 52.0333°Lon
Z_max/Location 107.070/ 17.9°Lat 52.0333°Lon

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Topography (ETOPO2)
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Topography (ETOPO2)
Median 231.500
Mean 319.266
Scale 243.888
stdev 297.858
Z_min/Location -98.000/26.2°Lat 54.3333°Lon
Z_max/Location 1711.000/ 18.9333°Lat 43.8667°Lon

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Base hard sediments
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Base hard sediments
Median -2.526
Mean -2.770
Scale 3.453
stdev 2.682
Z_min/Location -7.441/25.0667°Lat 55.2667°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.967/ 16.7°Lat 46.0°Lon

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Temperature at 50km depth
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Temperature at 50km depth
Median 753.000
Mean 750.033
Scale 1.043
stdev 30.383
Z_min/Location 638.000/21.0°Lat 45.0°Lon
Z_max/Location 864.686/ 26.5333°Lat 55.7°Lon

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Laske sediment thickness
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Laske sediment thickness
Median 3.574
Mean 3.792
Scale 3.002
stdev 2.275
Z_min/Location -0.028/19.3°Lat 43.9°Lon
Z_max/Location 7.399/ 24.5333°Lat 54.6°Lon

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Lithospheric temperature gradient
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Lithospheric temperature gradient
Median 8.047
Mean 7.993
Scale 0.028
stdev 0.445
Z_min/Location 6.479/20.8667°Lat 44.5°Lon
Z_max/Location 9.445/ 26.5333°Lat 55.6333°Lon

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Computations

Isostatic correction
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Isostatic correction
Median 1.419
Mean 1.443
Scale 1.079
stdev 0.807
Z_min/Location 0.000/19.7°Lat 43.9667°Lon
Z_max/Location 2.644/24.5333°Lat 54.6°Lon

Comments

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TTS (sediment)
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - TTS (sediment)
Median 1.083
Mean 1.326
Scale 2.328
stdev 1.889
Z_min/Location -1.981/16.7°Lat 46.0°Lon
Z_max/Location 5.097/25.3°Lat 55.4333°Lon

Comments

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Beta (Sediment)
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Beta (Sediment)
Median 1.161
Mean 1.326
Scale 0.374
stdev 0.433
Z_min/Location 0.798/16.7°Lat 46.0°Lon
Z_max/Location 2.872/25.3°Lat 55.4333°Lon

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Crustal vs lithosph. extn.
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Crustal vs lithosph. extn.
Median -0.160
Mean -0.132
Scale 0.093
stdev 0.102
Z_min/Location -0.315/26.8667°Lat 52.9333°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.194/17.8°Lat 52.3667°Lon

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Anomalous TTS
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Anomalous TTS
Median 2.597
Mean 2.762
Scale 1.300
stdev 1.381
Z_min/Location -1.536/17.7667°Lat 52.2333°Lon
Z_max/Location 5.102/25.3667°Lat 55.4667°Lon

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Predicted elevation
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Predicted elevation
Median 1505.920
Mean 1395.450
Scale 170.311
stdev 284.076
Z_min/Location 193.576/17.8°Lat 52.3667°Lon
Z_max/Location 1761.520/26.3333°Lat 52.5333°Lon

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Beta (Crust)
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Beta (Crust)
Median 0.842
Mean 0.861
Scale 0.142
stdev 0.119
Z_min/Location 0.673/20.3°Lat 44.5°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.212/17.8°Lat 52.3667°Lon

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TTS (crust)
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - TTS (crust)
Median -1.472
Mean -1.436
Scale 1.597
stdev 1.243
Z_min/Location -3.798/20.3°Lat 44.5°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.366/17.8°Lat 52.3667°Lon

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Differential Beta
Rub' Al Khali Province (Arabian Basin) location map
Statistics - Differential Beta
Median 0.302
Mean 0.465
Scale 0.262
stdev 0.380
Z_min/Location -0.232/17.7667°Lat 52.2333°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.872/25.3°Lat 55.4333°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 02:36:35 CEST | © Christian Heine, School of Geosciences, Sydney University, Australia