ICONS atlas: EUR - Northwest German Basin

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Overview

This page bundles the available data for the Northwest German 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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Northwest German Basin location map
Basin name Northwest German Basin
Region code EUR
Basin ID 3080
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.

Northwest German Basin cross section
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Dynamic topography evolution for basin centroid
Northwest German 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
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Mantle Lid thickness
Median 55.251
Mean 55.378
Scale 8.044
stdev 8.309
Z_min/Location 38.706/52.1°Lat 6.9°Lon
Z_max/Location 82.524/ 54.8667°Lat 12.0667°Lon

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Depth of 550 deg isotherm
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Depth of 550 deg isotherm
Median -30.393
Mean -30.376
Scale 1.536
stdev 1.711
Z_min/Location -35.754/54.8667°Lat 12.0667°Lon
Z_max/Location -26.255/ 52.1°Lat 6.9°Lon

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Mobil isopachs
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Mobil isopachs
Median 7.211
Mean 7.166
Scale 2.098
stdev 2.074
Z_min/Location 0.657/51.7667°Lat 12.0°Lon
Z_max/Location 11.616/ 55.5667°Lat 7.73333°Lon

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Plain crustal thickness
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Plain crustal thickness
Median 28.045
Mean 28.212
Scale 1.484
stdev 1.525
Z_min/Location 22.726/55.4°Lat 6.03333°Lon
Z_max/Location 32.961/ 52.9667°Lat 4.73333°Lon

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Base middle crust
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Base middle crust
Median -20.855
Mean -20.848
Scale 0.457
stdev 0.641
Z_min/Location -23.532/53.1333°Lat 4.46667°Lon
Z_max/Location -18.452/ 55.4°Lat 5.96667°Lon

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Base lower crust
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Base lower crust
Median -30.954
Mean -30.763
Scale 0.149
stdev 0.871
Z_min/Location -34.160/52.9667°Lat 4.73333°Lon
Z_max/Location -26.205/ 55.4°Lat 5.93333°Lon

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Total crustal thickness
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Total crustal thickness
Median 31.007
Mean 30.823
Scale 0.178
stdev 0.891
Z_min/Location 26.171/55.4°Lat 5.93333°Lon
Z_max/Location 34.172/ 52.9667°Lat 4.73333°Lon

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Base upper crust
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Base upper crust
Median -11.066
Mean -11.144
Scale 0.738
stdev 0.609
Z_min/Location -13.028/55.5333°Lat 7.86667°Lon
Z_max/Location -10.050/ 51.7667°Lat 11.3333°Lon

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Thermal lithospheric thickness
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Thermal lithospheric thickness
Median 86.195
Mean 86.364
Scale 7.639
stdev 8.202
Z_min/Location 69.056/52.1°Lat 6.9°Lon
Z_max/Location 113.513/ 54.8667°Lat 12.0667°Lon

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Heatflow
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Heatflow
Median 65.718
Mean 64.817
Scale 3.768
stdev 4.165
Z_min/Location 56.616/52.5333°Lat 5.76667°Lon
Z_max/Location 76.697/ 51.8333°Lat 11.9°Lon

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Topography (ETOPO2)
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Topography (ETOPO2)
Median 1.000
Mean 6.443
Scale 40.030
stdev 43.540
Z_min/Location -77.000/54.8333°Lat 10.8°Lon
Z_max/Location 560.000/ 51.9°Lat 10.4667°Lon

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Base hard sediments
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Base hard sediments
Median -2.879
Mean -2.551
Scale 1.056
stdev 1.103
Z_min/Location -4.104/54.2667°Lat 10.7°Lon
Z_max/Location -0.056/ 51.8°Lat 11.0333°Lon

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Temperature at 50km depth
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Temperature at 50km depth
Median 926.507
Mean 928.011
Scale 51.614
stdev 53.904
Z_min/Location 777.815/54.8667°Lat 12.0667°Lon
Z_max/Location 1064.510/ 52.1°Lat 6.9°Lon

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Laske sediment thickness
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Laske sediment thickness
Median 3.324
Mean 3.385
Scale 1.213
stdev 1.304
Z_min/Location 0.579/51.7667°Lat 12.0667°Lon
Z_max/Location 6.560/ 54.1333°Lat 11.0°Lon

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Lithospheric temperature gradient
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Lithospheric temperature gradient
Median 10.531
Mean 10.633
Scale 0.857
stdev 0.919
Z_min/Location 8.338/54.9667°Lat 11.0°Lon
Z_max/Location 12.734/ 52.3667°Lat 6.3°Lon

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Computations

Isostatic correction
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Isostatic correction
Median 1.329
Mean 1.333
Scale 0.447
stdev 0.473
Z_min/Location 0.248/51.7667°Lat 12.0667°Lon
Z_max/Location 2.401/54.1333°Lat 11.0°Lon

Comments

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TTS (sediment)
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - TTS (sediment)
Median 1.382
Mean 1.218
Scale 0.755
stdev 0.701
Z_min/Location -0.344/52.3667°Lat 6.3°Lon
Z_max/Location 2.339/55.5°Lat 6.43333°Lon

Comments

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Beta (Sediment)
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Beta (Sediment)
Median 1.215
Mean 1.197
Scale 0.146
stdev 0.123
Z_min/Location 0.958/52.3667°Lat 6.3°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.427/55.5°Lat 6.43333°Lon

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Crustal vs lithosph. extn.
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Crustal vs lithosph. extn.
Median -0.014
Mean -0.029
Scale 0.130
stdev 0.133
Z_min/Location -0.336/52.1°Lat 6.9°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.339/55.5°Lat 6.43333°Lon

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Anomalous TTS
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Anomalous TTS
Median 0.966
Mean 0.883
Scale 0.432
stdev 0.421
Z_min/Location -0.297/52.3333°Lat 6.36667°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.796/55.4667°Lat 8.36667°Lon

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Predicted elevation
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Predicted elevation
Median 1287.540
Mean 1277.190
Scale 140.459
stdev 140.465
Z_min/Location 630.151/55.5°Lat 6.43333°Lon
Z_max/Location 1690.650/52.9°Lat 4.9°Lon

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Beta (Crust)
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Beta (Crust)
Median 1.051
Mean 1.048
Scale 0.056
stdev 0.059
Z_min/Location 0.894/52.9667°Lat 4.73333°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.297/55.4°Lat 6.03333°Lon

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TTS (crust)
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - TTS (crust)
Median 0.379
Mean 0.335
Scale 0.394
stdev 0.405
Z_min/Location -0.925/52.9667°Lat 4.73333°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.790/55.4°Lat 6.03333°Lon

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Differential Beta
Northwest German Basin location map
Statistics - Differential Beta
Median 0.156
Mean 0.150
Scale 0.098
stdev 0.082
Z_min/Location -0.039/55.0°Lat 5.1°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.342/55.5°Lat 8.16667°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