ICONS atlas: NAM - Permian Basin

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Overview

This page bundles the available data for the Permian Basin in the North America. 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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Permian Basin location map
Basin name Permian Basin
Region code NAM
Basin ID 1060
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.

Permian Basin cross section
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Dynamic topography evolution for basin centroid
Permian 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
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Mantle Lid thickness
Median 91.816
Mean 92.165
Scale 4.136
stdev 6.159
Z_min/Location 63.608/29.3°Lat -104.1°Lon
Z_max/Location 103.699/ 33.6667°Lat -104.8°Lon

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Depth of 550 deg isotherm
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Depth of 550 deg isotherm
Median -39.988
Mean -39.549
Scale 0.305
stdev 1.244
Z_min/Location -41.000/34.0°Lat -104.0°Lon
Z_max/Location -32.793/ 29.3°Lat -104.1°Lon

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Mobil isopachs
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Mobil isopachs
Median 2.871
Mean 3.006
Scale 1.016
stdev 1.265
Z_min/Location 0.235/33.9°Lat -99.4°Lon
Z_max/Location 6.738/ 31.4333°Lat -103.467°Lon

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Plain crustal thickness
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Plain crustal thickness
Median 35.863
Mean 36.118
Scale 3.381
stdev 3.328
Z_min/Location 30.280/29.7667°Lat -98.6333°Lon
Z_max/Location 43.395/ 33.9°Lat -98.9667°Lon

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Base middle crust
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Base middle crust
Median -30.661
Mean -29.614
Scale 4.920
stdev 4.515
Z_min/Location -36.896/33.9°Lat -101.767°Lon
Z_max/Location -20.313/ 31.4°Lat -104.6°Lon

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Base lower crust
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Base lower crust
Median -37.738
Mean -37.889
Scale 4.412
stdev 3.752
Z_min/Location -45.724/33.9°Lat -98.9667°Lon
Z_max/Location -31.167/ 31.5667°Lat -104.767°Lon

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Total crustal thickness
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Total crustal thickness
Median 38.737
Mean 38.833
Scale 4.333
stdev 3.613
Z_min/Location 32.531/31.7°Lat -104.633°Lon
Z_max/Location 46.268/ 33.9°Lat -98.9667°Lon

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Base upper crust
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Base upper crust
Median -17.535
Mean -16.924
Scale 3.823
stdev 3.183
Z_min/Location -22.217/32.3°Lat -101.833°Lon
Z_max/Location -9.470/ 29.9°Lat -104.633°Lon

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Thermal lithospheric thickness
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Thermal lithospheric thickness
Median 131.532
Mean 130.998
Scale 2.454
stdev 5.874
Z_min/Location 98.624/29.3°Lat -104.1°Lon
Z_max/Location 139.250/ 33.9667°Lat -104.533°Lon

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Heatflow
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Heatflow
Median 57.962
Mean 61.713
Scale 6.326
stdev 9.043
Z_min/Location 51.647/33.8333°Lat -101.667°Lon
Z_max/Location 90.101/ 34.2°Lat -104.167°Lon

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Topography (ETOPO2)
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Topography (ETOPO2)
Median 788.000
Mean 820.912
Scale 299.485
stdev 282.741
Z_min/Location 264.000/32.8333°Lat -98.3667°Lon
Z_max/Location 2317.000/ 31.9667°Lat -104.833°Lon

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Base hard sediments
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Base hard sediments
Median -2.038
Mean -1.769
Scale 1.201
stdev 1.095
Z_min/Location -3.455/29.8667°Lat -98.4667°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.072/ 29.7667°Lat -104.533°Lon

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Temperature at 50km depth
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Temperature at 50km depth
Median 702.559
Mean 706.341
Scale 9.309
stdev 24.316
Z_min/Location 677.506/33.9°Lat -104.6°Lon
Z_max/Location 845.657/ 29.3°Lat -104.1°Lon

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Laske sediment thickness
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Laske sediment thickness
Median 2.707
Mean 2.783
Scale 1.364
stdev 1.277
Z_min/Location -0.024/30.3333°Lat -103.9°Lon
Z_max/Location 6.359/ 32.1°Lat -103.0°Lon

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Lithospheric temperature gradient
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Lithospheric temperature gradient
Median 7.330
Mean 7.381
Scale 0.170
stdev 0.271
Z_min/Location 6.945/34.1°Lat -103.167°Lon
Z_max/Location 9.158/ 29.3°Lat -104.1°Lon

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Computations

Isostatic correction
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Isostatic correction
Median 1.099
Mean 1.111
Scale 0.514
stdev 0.478
Z_min/Location 0.000/30.3667°Lat -104.0°Lon
Z_max/Location 2.341/32.1°Lat -103.0°Lon

Comments

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TTS (sediment)
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - TTS (sediment)
Median 0.844
Mean 0.658
Scale 1.144
stdev 0.929
Z_min/Location -1.278/29.9°Lat -104.633°Lon
Z_max/Location 2.604/29.9°Lat -98.4333°Lon

Comments

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Beta (Sediment)
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Beta (Sediment)
Median 1.121
Mean 1.110
Scale 0.189
stdev 0.143
Z_min/Location 0.860/29.9°Lat -104.633°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.499/29.9°Lat -98.4333°Lon

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Crustal vs lithosph. extn.
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Crustal vs lithosph. extn.
Median -0.019
Mean -0.016
Scale 0.115
stdev 0.099
Z_min/Location -0.308/29.3°Lat -104.1°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.187/32.1°Lat -104.867°Lon

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Anomalous TTS
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Anomalous TTS
Median 0.918
Mean 0.831
Scale 1.809
stdev 1.357
Z_min/Location -1.757/29.9°Lat -104.633°Lon
Z_max/Location 3.127/33.9333°Lat -99.1333°Lon

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Predicted elevation
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Predicted elevation
Median 1256.240
Mean 1211.200
Scale 270.670
stdev 243.697
Z_min/Location 667.170/32.0°Lat -104.033°Lon
Z_max/Location 1599.060/33.9°Lat -98.9667°Lon

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Beta (Crust)
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Beta (Crust)
Median 0.985
Mean 0.987
Scale 0.093
stdev 0.090
Z_min/Location 0.814/33.9°Lat -98.9667°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.167/29.7667°Lat -98.6333°Lon

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TTS (crust)
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - TTS (crust)
Median -0.117
Mean -0.174
Scale 0.748
stdev 0.737
Z_min/Location -1.784/33.9°Lat -98.9667°Lon
Z_max/Location 1.119/29.7667°Lat -98.6333°Lon

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Differential Beta
Permian Basin location map
Statistics - Differential Beta
Median 0.141
Mean 0.124
Scale 0.256
stdev 0.188
Z_min/Location -0.206/29.9667°Lat -104.633°Lon
Z_max/Location 0.408/33.8667°Lat -101.467°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 02:36:48 CEST | © Christian Heine, School of Geosciences, Sydney University, Australia