ICONS atlas: CAS - Moscow Basin (Syneclise)

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Overview

This page bundles the available data for the Moscow Basin (Syneclise) 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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Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Basin name Moscow Basin (Syneclise)
Region code CAS
Basin ID 3550
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.

Moscow Basin (Syneclise) cross section
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Dynamic topography evolution for basin centroid
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) 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
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Mantle Lid thickness
Median 147.038
Mean 145.212
Scale 14.740
stdev 13.452
Z_min/Location 116.654/52.3667°Lat 43.0333°Lon
Z_max/Location 192.924/ 61.4667°Lat 37.8667°Lon

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Depth of 550 deg isotherm
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Depth of 550 deg isotherm
Median -49.944
Mean -50.065
Scale 3.294
stdev 3.037
Z_min/Location -64.034/61.4667°Lat 37.8667°Lon
Z_max/Location -44.592/ 52.3667°Lat 43.0333°Lon

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Mobil isopachs
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Mobil isopachs
Median 2.011
Mean 1.911
Scale 0.534
stdev 0.604
Z_min/Location 0.079/53.5333°Lat 32.2333°Lon
Z_max/Location 4.561/ 54.3°Lat 40.5°Lon

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Plain crustal thickness
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Plain crustal thickness
Median 40.642
Mean 41.339
Scale 3.080
stdev 2.725
Z_min/Location 35.105/61.1°Lat 42.9°Lon
Z_max/Location 45.951/ 54.9°Lat 35.3333°Lon

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Base middle crust
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Base middle crust
Median -32.048
Mean -32.392
Scale 1.075
stdev 1.395
Z_min/Location -35.521/57.3333°Lat 43.0°Lon
Z_max/Location -27.976/ 61.7°Lat 38.6333°Lon

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Base lower crust
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Base lower crust
Median -42.726
Mean -43.039
Scale 3.234
stdev 2.384
Z_min/Location -46.842/57.4667°Lat 43.0667°Lon
Z_max/Location -37.565/ 61.1°Lat 42.9°Lon

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Total crustal thickness
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Total crustal thickness
Median 42.876
Mean 43.193
Scale 3.240
stdev 2.392
Z_min/Location 37.722/61.1°Lat 42.9°Lon
Z_max/Location 46.953/ 57.4667°Lat 43.0667°Lon

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Base upper crust
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Base upper crust
Median -16.975
Mean -17.051
Scale 0.698
stdev 0.906
Z_min/Location -19.142/58.0°Lat 43.0°Lon
Z_max/Location -14.056/ 61.7°Lat 38.6333°Lon

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Thermal lithospheric thickness
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Thermal lithospheric thickness
Median 190.110
Mean 188.405
Scale 15.299
stdev 13.078
Z_min/Location 158.163/52.3667°Lat 43.0333°Lon
Z_max/Location 232.926/ 61.4667°Lat 37.8667°Lon

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Heatflow
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Heatflow
Median 44.716
Mean 44.656
Scale 0.946
stdev 0.866
Z_min/Location 42.713/55.9°Lat 41.2°Lon
Z_max/Location 46.865/ 58.1°Lat 39.9333°Lon

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Topography (ETOPO2)
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Topography (ETOPO2)
Median 158.000
Mean 160.221
Scale 38.548
stdev 39.832
Z_min/Location 6.000/58.0333°Lat 31.7333°Lon
Z_max/Location 352.000/ 57.3°Lat 33.9°Lon

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Base hard sediments
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Base hard sediments
Median -1.789
Mean -1.700
Scale 0.607
stdev 0.729
Z_min/Location -3.132/58.8667°Lat 43.0°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.235/ 53.9333°Lat 39.8°Lon

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Temperature at 50km depth
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Temperature at 50km depth
Median 557.798
Mean 562.480
Scale 28.218
stdev 24.436
Z_min/Location 491.795/61.4667°Lat 37.8667°Lon
Z_max/Location 628.073/ 52.3667°Lat 43.0333°Lon

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Laske sediment thickness
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Laske sediment thickness
Median 1.736
Mean 1.894
Scale 0.881
stdev 0.805
Z_min/Location 0.325/61.6°Lat 38.1333°Lon
Z_max/Location 4.024/ 59.9333°Lat 43.8667°Lon

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Lithospheric temperature gradient
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Lithospheric temperature gradient
Median 5.298
Mean 5.363
Scale 0.361
stdev 0.313
Z_min/Location 4.458/61.4667°Lat 37.8667°Lon
Z_max/Location 6.128/ 52.3667°Lat 43.0333°Lon

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Computations

Isostatic correction
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Isostatic correction
Median 0.722
Mean 0.778
Scale 0.352
stdev 0.315
Z_min/Location 0.140/61.6°Lat 38.1333°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.579/59.9333°Lat 43.8667°Lon

Comments

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TTS (sediment)
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - TTS (sediment)
Median 0.959
Mean 0.922
Scale 0.473
stdev 0.520
Z_min/Location -0.554/54.0°Lat 39.6333°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.887/57.9667°Lat 43.7667°Lon

Comments

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Beta (Sediment)
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Beta (Sediment)
Median 1.140
Mean 1.140
Scale 0.078
stdev 0.084
Z_min/Location 0.934/54.0°Lat 39.6333°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.318/57.9667°Lat 43.7667°Lon

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Crustal vs lithosph. extn.
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Crustal vs lithosph. extn.
Median -0.031
Mean -0.031
Scale 0.096
stdev 0.096
Z_min/Location -0.253/53.9667°Lat 42.0°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.213/61.4667°Lat 37.8667°Lon

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Anomalous TTS
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Anomalous TTS
Median 0.759
Mean 0.841
Scale 0.468
stdev 0.504
Z_min/Location -0.583/61.7°Lat 38.8333°Lon
Z_max/Location 2.234/57.5667°Lat 43.5°Lon

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Predicted elevation
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Predicted elevation
Median 485.136
Mean 505.113
Scale 280.453
stdev 273.295
Z_min/Location -494.923/61.4667°Lat 37.8667°Lon
Z_max/Location 1040.640/53.9667°Lat 42.0°Lon

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Beta (Crust)
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Beta (Crust)
Median 1.028
Mean 1.015
Scale 0.080
stdev 0.066
Z_min/Location 0.909/54.9°Lat 35.3333°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.190/61.1°Lat 42.9°Lon

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TTS (crust)
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - TTS (crust)
Median 0.212
Mean 0.081
Scale 0.577
stdev 0.510
Z_min/Location -0.782/54.9°Lat 35.3333°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.248/61.1°Lat 42.9°Lon

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Differential Beta
Moscow Basin (Syneclise) location map
Statistics - Differential Beta
Median 0.112
Mean 0.125
Scale 0.066
stdev 0.079
Z_min/Location -0.077/61.7°Lat 38.8333°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.357/57.7°Lat 43.6333°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