ICONS atlas: EUR - Baltic Depression

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Overview

This page bundles the available data for the Baltic Depression 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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Baltic Depression location map
Basin name Baltic Depression
Region code EUR
Basin ID 3070
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.

Baltic Depression cross section
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Dynamic topography evolution for basin centroid
Baltic Depression 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
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Mantle Lid thickness
Median 121.030
Mean 123.996
Scale 10.060
stdev 12.989
Z_min/Location 84.647/55.0°Lat 13.0°Lon
Z_max/Location 154.500/ 58.0°Lat 22.0°Lon

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Depth of 550 deg isotherm
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Depth of 550 deg isotherm
Median -45.529
Mean -45.829
Scale 2.186
stdev 2.806
Z_min/Location -53.000/58.0°Lat 22.0°Lon
Z_max/Location -36.000/ 55.0°Lat 13.0°Lon

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Mobil isopachs
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Mobil isopachs
Median 1.023
Mean 1.132
Scale 0.292
stdev 0.542
Z_min/Location -0.203/56.1°Lat 15.0333°Lon
Z_max/Location 3.811/ 53.1333°Lat 20.3°Lon

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Plain crustal thickness
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Plain crustal thickness
Median 42.259
Mean 40.702
Scale 2.948
stdev 4.521
Z_min/Location 26.210/54.8333°Lat 13.5°Lon
Z_max/Location 46.185/ 58.4333°Lat 21.6°Lon

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Base middle crust
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Base middle crust
Median -33.214
Mean -32.299
Scale 2.395
stdev 3.830
Z_min/Location -36.777/54.3667°Lat 18.8667°Lon
Z_max/Location -20.218/ 55.0333°Lat 13.4667°Lon

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Base lower crust
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Base lower crust
Median -45.136
Mean -43.213
Scale 1.783
stdev 4.200
Z_min/Location -47.283/58.4333°Lat 21.6667°Lon
Z_max/Location -30.095/ 55.2333°Lat 13.5667°Lon

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Total crustal thickness
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Total crustal thickness
Median 45.172
Mean 43.237
Scale 1.750
stdev 4.207
Z_min/Location 30.103/55.2333°Lat 13.5667°Lon
Z_max/Location 47.233/ 58.4333°Lat 21.6667°Lon

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Base upper crust
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Base upper crust
Median -17.506
Mean -17.271
Scale 1.959
stdev 2.347
Z_min/Location -21.445/54.2667°Lat 18.9667°Lon
Z_max/Location -10.847/ 55.7°Lat 13.4667°Lon

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Thermal lithospheric thickness
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Thermal lithospheric thickness
Median 165.919
Mean 167.233
Scale 13.037
stdev 15.237
Z_min/Location 115.000/55.0°Lat 13.0°Lon
Z_max/Location 201.000/ 58.0°Lat 22.0°Lon

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Heatflow
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Heatflow
Median 44.640
Mean 46.705
Scale 1.745
stdev 4.170
Z_min/Location 42.611/54.3667°Lat 24.1°Lon
Z_max/Location 61.136/ 55.0667°Lat 12.6333°Lon

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Topography (ETOPO2)
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Topography (ETOPO2)
Median -14.000
Mean -0.505
Scale 90.439
stdev 83.759
Z_min/Location -372.000/58.7°Lat 18.4°Lon
Z_max/Location 306.000/ 54.2333°Lat 18.1°Lon

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Base hard sediments
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Base hard sediments
Median -1.992
Mean -2.511
Scale 1.691
stdev 1.805
Z_min/Location -7.288/54.0333°Lat 19.1667°Lon
Z_max/Location -0.230/ 58.8°Lat 18.7°Lon

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Temperature at 50km depth
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Temperature at 50km depth
Median 610.501
Mean 609.908
Scale 30.516
stdev 38.276
Z_min/Location 538.000/58.0°Lat 22.0°Lon
Z_max/Location 766.025/ 55.0°Lat 12.9667°Lon

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Laske sediment thickness
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Laske sediment thickness
Median 1.603
Mean 2.080
Scale 1.033
stdev 1.642
Z_min/Location 0.023/57.3333°Lat 16.9°Lon
Z_max/Location 9.331/ 53.8667°Lat 18.1667°Lon

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Lithospheric temperature gradient
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Lithospheric temperature gradient
Median 5.905
Mean 5.939
Scale 0.376
stdev 0.482
Z_min/Location 5.093/58.0°Lat 22.0°Lon
Z_max/Location 8.105/ 55.0667°Lat 12.6333°Lon

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Computations

Isostatic correction
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Isostatic correction
Median 0.669
Mean 0.830
Scale 0.417
stdev 0.589
Z_min/Location 0.010/57.3333°Lat 16.9°Lon
Z_max/Location 3.147/53.8667°Lat 18.1667°Lon

Comments

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TTS (sediment)
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - TTS (sediment)
Median 1.278
Mean 1.681
Scale 1.197
stdev 1.296
Z_min/Location 0.047/58.5333°Lat 19.8333°Lon
Z_max/Location 5.427/54.1667°Lat 20.0°Lon

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Beta (Sediment)
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Beta (Sediment)
Median 1.195
Mean 1.356
Scale 0.205
stdev 0.410
Z_min/Location 1.006/58.5333°Lat 19.8333°Lon
Z_max/Location 3.268/54.1667°Lat 20.0°Lon

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Crustal vs lithosph. extn.
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Crustal vs lithosph. extn.
Median -0.035
Mean -0.024
Scale 0.102
stdev 0.087
Z_min/Location -0.182/55.0°Lat 22.0°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.201/56.0°Lat 15.0°Lon

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Anomalous TTS
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Anomalous TTS
Median 1.452
Mean 1.756
Scale 1.115
stdev 1.271
Z_min/Location -0.487/56.2667°Lat 15.9667°Lon
Z_max/Location 5.270/54.2667°Lat 20.0333°Lon

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Predicted elevation
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Predicted elevation
Median 891.533
Mean 859.841
Scale 251.272
stdev 227.610
Z_min/Location 351.710/58.4°Lat 23.8667°Lon
Z_max/Location 1319.170/55.0°Lat 21.0°Lon

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Beta (Crust)
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Beta (Crust)
Median 0.954
Mean 1.006
Scale 0.066
stdev 0.142
Z_min/Location 0.873/58.4333°Lat 21.6°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.538/54.8333°Lat 13.5°Lon

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TTS (crust)
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - TTS (crust)
Median -0.377
Mean -0.075
Scale 0.572
stdev 0.877
Z_min/Location -1.138/58.4333°Lat 21.6°Lon
Z_max/Location 2.736/54.8333°Lat 13.5°Lon

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Differential Beta
Baltic Depression location map
Statistics - Differential Beta
Median 0.204
Mean 0.350
Scale 0.177
stdev 0.404
Z_min/Location -0.092/55.6667°Lat 12.4667°Lon
Z_max/Location 2.245/54.2°Lat 20.0°Lon

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

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