20 Dec 2019
| 20 Dec 2019
A three-dimensional lithospheric-scale thermal model of Germany
Denis Anikiev
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Department Geosystems,
Section Basin Modelling, Potsdam, Germany
Adrian Lechel
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Department Geosystems,
Section Basin Modelling, Potsdam, Germany
Technical University of Berlin, Department Geotechnology, Berlin,
Germany
Maria Laura Gomez Dacal
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Department Geosystems,
Section Basin Modelling, Potsdam, Germany
Judith Bott
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Department Geosystems,
Section Basin Modelling, Potsdam, Germany
Mauro Cacace
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Department Geosystems,
Section Basin Modelling, Potsdam, Germany
Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Department Geosystems,
Section Basin Modelling, Potsdam, Germany
RWTH Aachen University, Faculty of Georesources and Material
Engineering, Aachen, Germany
Related authors
Steffen Ahlers, Andreas Henk, Tobias Hergert, Karsten Reiter, Birgit Müller, Luisa Röckel, Oliver Heidbach, Sophia Morawietz, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, and Denis Anikiev
Saf. Nucl. Waste Disposal, 1, 163–164, https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-1-163-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-1-163-2021, 2021
Steffen Ahlers, Andreas Henk, Tobias Hergert, Karsten Reiter, Birgit Müller, Luisa Röckel, Oliver Heidbach, Sophia Morawietz, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, and Denis Anikiev
Solid Earth, 12, 1777–1799, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1777-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1777-2021, 2021
Short summary
Short summary
Knowledge about the stress state in the upper crust is of great importance for many economic and scientific questions. However, our knowledge in Germany is limited since available datasets only provide pointwise, incomplete and heterogeneous information. We present the first 3D geomechanical model that provides a continuous description of the contemporary crustal stress state for Germany. The model is calibrated by the orientation of the maximum horizontal stress and stress magnitudes.
Ángela María Gómez-García, Eline Le Breton, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, Gaspar Monsalve, and Denis Anikiev
Solid Earth, 12, 275–298, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-275-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-275-2021, 2021
Short summary
Short summary
The Earth’s crust beneath the Caribbean Sea formed at about 90 Ma due to large magmatic activity of a mantle plume, which brought molten material up from the deep Earth. By integrating diverse geophysical datasets, we image for the first time two fossil magmatic conduits beneath the Caribbean. The location of these conduits at 90 Ma does not correspond with the present-day Galápagos plume. Either this mantle plume migrated in time or these conduits were formed above another unknown plume.
Cameron Spooner, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, Mauro Cacace, and Denis Anikiev
Solid Earth Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2020-202, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2020-202, 2020
Revised manuscript not accepted
Short summary
Short summary
By comparing long term lithospheric strength to seismicity patterns across the Alpine region, we show that most seismicity occurs where strengths are highest within the crust. The lower crust appears largely aseismic due to energy being dissipated by ongoing creep from low viscosities. Lithospheric structure appears to exert a primary control on seismicity distribution, with both forelands display a different distribution patterns, likely reflecting their different tectonic settings.
Kalliopi Tzoufka, Guido Blöcher, Mauro Cacace, Daniela Pfrang, and Kai Zosseder
Adv. Geosci., 65, 103–111, https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-65-103-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-65-103-2024, 2024
Short summary
Short summary
Concepts of High-Temperature Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (HT-ATES) are investigated for system application in the German Molasse Basin. We quantify via physics-based numerical modelling the system performance with respect to HT-ATES concept development and provide a predictive analysis of HT-ATES application in the Upper Jurassic reservoir. Results demonstrate a non-uniform layer-specific distribution of the thermal front propagation, while promising heat recovery efficiencies are predicted.
Ángela María Gómez-García, Álvaro González, Mauro Cacace, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, and Gaspar Monsalve
Solid Earth, 15, 281–303, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-281-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-281-2024, 2024
Short summary
Short summary
We compute a realistic three-dimensional model of the temperatures down to 75 km deep within the Earth, below the Caribbean Sea and northwestern South America. Using this, we estimate at which rock temperatures past earthquakes nucleated in the region and find that they agree with those derived from laboratory experiments of rock friction. We also analyse how the thermal state of the system affects the spatial distribution of seismicity in this region.
Denise Degen, Cameron Spooner, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, and Mauro Cacace
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 7133–7153, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-7133-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-7133-2021, 2021
Short summary
Short summary
In times of worldwide energy transitions, an understanding of the subsurface is increasingly important to provide renewable energy sources such as geothermal energy. To validate our understanding of the subsurface we require data. However, the data are usually not distributed equally and introduce a potential misinterpretation of the subsurface. Therefore, in this study we investigate the influence of measurements on temperature distribution in the European Alps.
Steffen Ahlers, Andreas Henk, Tobias Hergert, Karsten Reiter, Birgit Müller, Luisa Röckel, Oliver Heidbach, Sophia Morawietz, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, and Denis Anikiev
Saf. Nucl. Waste Disposal, 1, 163–164, https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-1-163-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-1-163-2021, 2021
Steffen Ahlers, Andreas Henk, Tobias Hergert, Karsten Reiter, Birgit Müller, Luisa Röckel, Oliver Heidbach, Sophia Morawietz, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, and Denis Anikiev
Solid Earth, 12, 1777–1799, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1777-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1777-2021, 2021
Short summary
Short summary
Knowledge about the stress state in the upper crust is of great importance for many economic and scientific questions. However, our knowledge in Germany is limited since available datasets only provide pointwise, incomplete and heterogeneous information. We present the first 3D geomechanical model that provides a continuous description of the contemporary crustal stress state for Germany. The model is calibrated by the orientation of the maximum horizontal stress and stress magnitudes.
Denise Degen and Mauro Cacace
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 1699–1719, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1699-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1699-2021, 2021
Short summary
Short summary
In this work, we focus on improving the understanding of subsurface processes with respect to interactions with climate dynamics. We present advanced, open-source mathematical methods that enable us to investigate the influence of various model properties on the final outcomes. By relying on our approach, we have been able to showcase their importance in improving our understanding of the subsurface and highlighting the current shortcomings of currently adopted models.
Ángela María Gómez-García, Eline Le Breton, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, Gaspar Monsalve, and Denis Anikiev
Solid Earth, 12, 275–298, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-275-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-275-2021, 2021
Short summary
Short summary
The Earth’s crust beneath the Caribbean Sea formed at about 90 Ma due to large magmatic activity of a mantle plume, which brought molten material up from the deep Earth. By integrating diverse geophysical datasets, we image for the first time two fossil magmatic conduits beneath the Caribbean. The location of these conduits at 90 Ma does not correspond with the present-day Galápagos plume. Either this mantle plume migrated in time or these conduits were formed above another unknown plume.
Cameron Spooner, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, Mauro Cacace, and Denis Anikiev
Solid Earth Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2020-202, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2020-202, 2020
Revised manuscript not accepted
Short summary
Short summary
By comparing long term lithospheric strength to seismicity patterns across the Alpine region, we show that most seismicity occurs where strengths are highest within the crust. The lower crust appears largely aseismic due to energy being dissipated by ongoing creep from low viscosities. Lithospheric structure appears to exert a primary control on seismicity distribution, with both forelands display a different distribution patterns, likely reflecting their different tectonic settings.
Kristian Bär, Thomas Reinsch, and Judith Bott
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 12, 2485–2515, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2485-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2485-2020, 2020
Short summary
Short summary
Petrophysical properties are key to populating numerical models of subsurface process simulations and the interpretation of many geophysical exploration methods. The P3 database presented here aims at providing easily accessible, peer-reviewed information on physical rock properties in one single compilation. The uniqueness of P3 emerges from its coverage and metadata structure. Each measured value is complemented by the corresponding location, petrography, stratigraphy and original reference.
Cameron Spooner, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, Hans-Jürgen Götze, Jörg Ebbing, György Hetényi, and the AlpArray Working Group
Solid Earth, 10, 2073–2088, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-2073-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-2073-2019, 2019
Short summary
Short summary
By utilising both the observed gravity field of the Alps and their forelands and indications from deep seismic surveys, we were able to produce a 3-D structural model of the region that indicates the distribution of densities within the lithosphere. We found that the present-day Adriatic crust is both thinner and denser than the European crust and that the properties of Alpine crust are strongly linked to their provenance.
Nora Koltzer, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, Mauro Cacace, Maximilian Frick, and Judith Bott
Adv. Geosci., 49, 197–206, https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-49-197-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-49-197-2019, 2019
Short summary
Short summary
In this study we investigate groundwater flow in the deep subsurface of the Upper Rhine Graben. We make use of a 3-D numerical model covering the entire Upper Rhine Graben. The deep hydrodynamics are characterized by fluid flow from the graben flanks towards its center and in the southern half of the graben from south to north. Moreover, local heterogeneities in the shallow flow field arise from the interaction between regional groundwater flow and the heterogeneous sedimentary configuration.
Guido Blöcher, Christian Kluge, Harald Milsch, Mauro Cacace, Antoine B. Jacquey, and Jean Schmittbuhl
Adv. Geosci., 49, 95–104, https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-49-95-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-49-95-2019, 2019
Short summary
Short summary
The focus of the paper is to evaluate the permeability change of a matrix-fracture systems under mechanical loading und to understand the processes behind. This evaluation is based on data from laboratory experiments in comparison to 3-D numerical modelling results.
Maximilian Frick, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, Mauro Cacace, and Michael Schneider
Adv. Geosci., 49, 9–18, https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-49-9-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-49-9-2019, 2019
Short summary
Short summary
The study presented in this paper aims at reproducing findings from chemical and isotopic groundwater sample analysis along with quantifying the influence of regional (cross-boundary) flow for the area of Berlin, Germany. For this purpose we built 3-D models of the subsurface, populating them with material parameters (e.g. porosity, permeability) and solving them for coupled fluid and heat transport. Special focus was given to the setup of boundary conditions, i.e. fixed pressure at the sides.
Ershad Gholamrezaie, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, Judith Bott, Oliver Heidbach, and Manfred R. Strecker
Solid Earth, 10, 785–807, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-785-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-785-2019, 2019
Short summary
Short summary
Based on geophysical data integration and 3-D gravity modeling, we show that significant density heterogeneities are expressed as two large high-density bodies in the crust below the Sea of Marmara. The location of these bodies correlates spatially with the bends of the main Marmara fault, indicating that rheological contrasts in the crust may influence the fault kinematics. Our findings may have implications for seismic hazard and risk assessments in the Marmara region.
Elisabeth Peters, Guido Blöcher, Saeed Salimzadeh, Paul J. P. Egberts, and Mauro Cacace
Adv. Geosci., 45, 209–215, https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-45-209-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-45-209-2018, 2018
Short summary
Short summary
Accuracy of well inflow modelling in different numerical simulation approaches was compared for a multi-lateral well with laterals of varying diameter. For homogeneous cases, all simulators generally were reasonably close in terms of the total well flow (deviations smaller than 4 %). The distribution of the flow over the different laterals in a well can vary significantly between simulators (> 20 %). In a heterogeneous case with a fault the deviations between the approaches were much larger.
Nasrin Haacke, Maximilian Frick, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, Michael Schneider, and Mauro Cacace
Adv. Geosci., 45, 177–184, https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-45-177-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-45-177-2018, 2018
Short summary
Short summary
The main goal of this study was to understand how different realizations of the impact of groundwater pumping activities in a major urban center would affect the results of 3-D numerical models. In detail we looked at two model scenarios which both rely on the same geological structural model but differ in the realization of the groundwater boundary conditions. The results show, that it is necessary to use groundwater wells as an active parameter to reproduce local movement patterns.
Ershad Gholamrezaie, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, Judith Sippel, and Manfred R. Strecker
Solid Earth, 9, 139–158, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-139-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-139-2018, 2018
Short summary
Short summary
We examined the thermal gradient as an index of the thermal field in the Atlantic. While the thermal anomaly in the South Atlantic should be equilibrated, the thermal disturbance in the North Atlantic causes thermal effects in the present day. Characteristics of the lithosphere ultimately determine the thermal field. The thermal gradient nonlinearly decreases with depth and varies significantly both laterally and with time, which has implications for methods of thermal history reconstruction.
Mauro Cacace and Antoine B. Jacquey
Solid Earth, 8, 921–941, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-921-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-921-2017, 2017
Short summary
Short summary
The paper describes theory and numerical implementation for coupled thermo–hydraulic–mechanical processes focusing on reservoir (mainly related to geothermal energy) applications.
Judith Sippel, Christian Meeßen, Mauro Cacace, James Mechie, Stewart Fishwick, Christian Heine, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, and Manfred R. Strecker
Solid Earth, 8, 45–81, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-45-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-45-2017, 2017
Short summary
Short summary
The Kenya Rift is a zone along which the African continental plate is stretched as evidenced by strong earthquake and volcanic activity. We want to understand the controlling factors of past and future tectonic deformation; hence, we assess the structural and strength configuration of the rift system at the present-day. Data-driven 3-D numerical models show how the inherited composition of the crust and a thermal anomaly in the deep mantle interact to form localised zones of tectonic weakness.
Moritz O. Ziegler, Oliver Heidbach, John Reinecker, Anna M. Przybycin, and Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth
Solid Earth, 7, 1365–1382, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1365-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1365-2016, 2016
Short summary
Short summary
Subsurface engineering relies on sparsely distributed data points of the stress state of the earth's crust. 3D geomechanical--numerical modelling is applied to estimate the stress state in the entire volume of a large area. We present a multi-stage approach of differently sized models which provide the stress state in an area of interest derived from few and widely scattered data records. Furthermore we demonstrate the changes in reliability of the model depending on different input parameters.
P. Klitzke, J. I. Faleide, M. Scheck-Wenderoth, and J. Sippel
Solid Earth, 6, 153–172, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-153-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-153-2015, 2015
Short summary
Short summary
We introduce a regional 3-D structural model of the Barents Sea and Kara Sea region which is the first to combine information on five sedimentary units and the crystalline crust as well as the configuration of the lithospheric mantle. By relating the shallow and deep structures for certain tectonic subdomains, we shed new light on possible causative basin-forming mechanisms that we discuss.
Y. Cherubini, M. Cacace, M. Scheck-Wenderoth, and V. Noack
Geoth. Energ. Sci., 2, 1–20, https://doi.org/10.5194/gtes-2-1-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/gtes-2-1-2014, 2014
Cited articles
Agemar, T., Schellschmidt, R., and Schulz, R.: Subsurface temperature
distribution in Germany, Geothermics, 44, 65–77, 2012.
Amante, C. and Eakins, B. W.: ETOPO1 1 Arc-Minute Global Relief Model:
Procedures, Data Sources and Analysis, NOAA Technical Memorandum NESDIS
NGDC-24, National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, https://doi.org/10.7289/V5C8276M, 2009.
Anikiev, D., Lechel, A., Gomez, D. M. L., Bott, J., Cacace, M., and Scheck-Wenderoth, M.: 3-D-Deutschland (3-D-D): A three-dimensional lithospheric-scale thermal model of Germany, V.1., GFZ Data Services, https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.4.5.2019.005, 2019.
Bayrisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, V. u. I.: Bayerischer
Geothermieatlas – Hydrothermale Energiegewinnung, 104 S, 2004.
Behrmann, J. H., Ziegler, P. A., Schmid, S. M., Heck, B., and Granet, M.:
The EUCOR-URGENT Project – Upper Rhine Graben: evolution and neotectonics,
Int. J. Earth Sci., 94, 505–506,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-005-0513-0, 2005.
Bleibinhaus, F., Beilecke, T., Bram, K., and Gebrande, H.: A seismic
velocity model for the SW Baltic Sea derived from BASIN'96 refraction
seismic data, Tectonophysics, 314, 269–283, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0040-1951(99)00248-6,
1999.
Blundell, D. J., Freeman, R., Mueller, S., and Button, S. (Eds.): A continent revealed: The European Geotraverse, structure and dynamic evolution, Cambridge University Press, 275 p., 1992.
Boigk, H. and Schöneich, H.: The Rhinegraben: geologic history and
neotectonic activity, Approaches to Taphrogenesis, Inter-Union Commission on
Geodynamics, Sci. Rep., 8, 60–71, 1974.
Brückl, E., Bleibinhaus, F., Gosar, A., Grad, M., Guterch, A.,
Hrubcová, P., Keller, G. R., Majdański, M., Šumanovac, F.,
Tiira, T., Yliniemi, J., Hegedűs, E., and Thybo, H.: Crustal structure
due to collisional and escape tectonics in the Eastern Alps region based on
profiles Alp01 and Alp02 from the ALP 2002 seismic experiment, J.
Geophys. Res.-Solid Earth, 112, B6, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006jb004687, 2007.
Cacace, M. and Jacquey, A. B.: Flexible parallel implicit modelling of
coupled thermal–hydraulic–mechanical processes in fractured rocks, Solid
Earth, 8, 921–941, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-921-2017, 2017.
Cacace, M., Kaiser, B. O., Lewerenz, B., and Scheck-Wenderoth, M.:
Geothermal energy in sedimentary basins: What we can learn from regional
numerical models, Geochemistry, 70, 33–46, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2010.05.017,
2010.
Campos-Enriquez, J. O., Hubral, P., Wenzel, F., Lüschen, E., and Meier,
L.: Gravity and magnetic constraints on deep and intermediate crustal
structure and evolution models for the Rhine Graben, Tectonophysics, 206,
113–135, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(92)90371-c, 1992.
DiPippo, R.: Geothermal power plants: principles, applications, case studies
and environmental impact, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2012.
DWD Climate Data Center (CDC): Vieljährige mittlere Raster der Lufttemperatur (2m) für Deutschland 1981–2010, Version v1.0., available at:
https://opendata.dwd.de/climate_environment/CDC/grids_germany/multi_annual/air_temperature_mean/, last access: 31 March 2019.
EUGENO-S Working Group: Crustal structure and tectonic evolution european of
the transition between the Baltic Shield and the North German Caledonides
(the EUGENO-S Project), Tectonophysics, 150, 253–348,
https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(88)90073-x, 1988.
Förste, C., Bruinsma, S., Abrikosov, O., Flechtner, F., Marty, J.-C.,
Lemoine, J.-M., Dahle, C., Neumayer, H., Barthelmes, F., and König, R.:
EIGEN-6C4-The latest combined global gravity field model including GOCE data
up to degree and order 1949 of GFZ Potsdam and GRGS Toulouse, EGU general
assembly conference abstracts, 2014.
Freymark, J., Sippel, J., Scheck-Wenderoth, M., Bär, K., Stiller, M.,
Fritsche, J.-G., and Kracht, M.: The deep thermal field of the Upper Rhine
Graben, Tectonophysics, 694, 114–129, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.11.013, 2017.
Fuchs, S. and Balling, N.: Improving the temperature predictions of
subsurface thermal models by using high-quality input data, Part 2: A case
study from the Danish-German border region, Geothermics, 64, 1–14,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2016.04.004, 2016.
Gebrande, H.: TRANSALP: concept and main results on the project,
Geologisch-Paläontologischen Mitteilungen, 25, 7–8, 2001.
Geissler, W. H., Sodoudi, F., and Kind, R.: Thickness of the central and
eastern European lithosphere as seen bySreceiver functions, Geophys.
J. Int., 181, 604–634, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04548.x, 2010.
GeORG-Projektteam: Geopotenziale des tieferen Untergrundes im
Oberrheingraben, Fachlich-Technischer Abschlussbericht des INTERREG-Projekts
GeORG, Teil 1: Ziele und Ergebnisse des Projekts, 103, 2013.
Götze, H. J. and Lahmeyer, B.: Application of three-dimensional
interactive modeling in gravity and magnetics, Geophysics, 53, 1096–1108,
https://doi.org/10.1190/1.1442546, 1988.
Hetényi, G., Plomerová, J., Bianchi, I., Kampfová Exnerová,
H., Bokelmann, G., Handy, M. R., and Babuška, V.: From mountain summits
to roots: Crustal structure of the Eastern Alps and Bohemian Massif along
longitude 13.3∘ E, Tectonophysics, 744, 239–255,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2018.07.001, 2018.
Ince, E. S., Barthelmes, F., Reißland, S., Elger, K., Förste, C., Flechtner, F., and Schuh, H.: ICGEM – 15 years of successful collection and distribution of global gravitational models, associated services, and future plans, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 11, 647–674, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-647-2019, 2019.
Jacquey, A. and Cacace, M.: GOLEM, a MOOSE-based application, Zenodo,
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.999400, 2017.
Lechel, A.: A geological, three-dimensional, lithospheric scale, structural
model of Germany, Bachelor, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, 53 pp.,
2017.
Lüschen, E., Wenzel, F., Sandmeier, K.-J., Menges, D., Rühl, T.,
Stiller, M., Janoth, W., Keller, F., Söllner, W., and Thomas, R.:
Near-vertical and wide-angle seismic surveys in the Schwarzwald, in: The
German Continental Deep Drilling Program (KTB), Springer, 297–362, 1989.
Majorowicz, J. and Wybraniec, S.: New terrestrial heat flow map of Europe
after regional paleoclimatic correction application, Int. J. Earth Sci., 100, 881–887, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-010-0526-1, 2011.
Maystrenko, Y. P. and Scheck-Wenderoth, M.: 3-D lithosphere-scale density
model of the Central European Basin System and adjacent areas,
Tectonophysics, 601, 53–77, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2013.04.023, 2013.
Maystrenko, Y. P., Bayer, U., and Scheck-Wenderoth, M.: Salt as a 3-D element
in structural modeling – Example from the Central European Basin System,
Tectonophysics, 591, 62–82, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2012.06.030, 2013.
Meissner, R. and Bortfeld, R. K.: DEKORP-Atlas: results of deutsches
kontinentales reflexionsseismisches Programm, Springer, 2014.
Mitterbauer, U., Behm, M., Brückl, E., Lippitsch, R., Guterch, A.,
Keller, G. R., Koslovskaya, E., Rumpfhuber, E.-M., and Šumanovac, F.:
Shape and origin of the East-Alpine slab constrained by the ALPASS
teleseismic model, Tectonophysics, 510, 195–206,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2011.07.001, 2011.
Norden, B., Förster, A., and Balling, N.: Heat flow and lithospheric thermal regime in the Northeast German Basin, Tectonophysics, 460, 215–229, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2008.08.022, 2008.
Pharaoh, T. C.: Palaeozoic terranes and their lithospheric boundaries within
the Trans-European Suture Zone (TESZ): a review, Tectonophysics, 314, 17–41,
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0040-1951(99)00235-8, 1999.
Przybycin, A. M., Scheck-Wenderoth, M., and Schneider, M.: Assessment of the
isostatic state and the load distribution of the European Molasse basin by
means of lithospheric-scale 3-D structural and 3-D gravity modelling,
Int. J. Earth Sci., 104, 1405–1424,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-014-1132-4, 2014.
Przybycin, A. M., Scheck-Wenderoth, M., and Schneider, M.: The 3-D conductive
thermal field of the North Alpine Foreland Basin: influence of the deep
structure and the adjacent European Alps, Geotherm. Energy, 3, 17,
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40517-015-0038-0, 2015.
Scheck-Wenderoth, M., Cacace, M., Maystrenko, Y. P., Cherubini, Y., Noack,
V., Kaiser, B. O., Sippel, J., and Björn, L.: Models of heat transport
in the Central European Basin System: Effective mechanisms at different
scales, Mar. Petrol. Geol., 55, 315–331,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.03.009, 2014.
Schmidt, S., Götze, H.-J., Fichler, C., and Alvers, M.: IGMAS+ – a new
3-D gravity, FTG and magnetic modeling software, GEO-INFORMATIK Die Welt im
Netz, edited by: Zipf, A., Behncke, K., Hillen, F., and Scheffermeyer, J.,
Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft AKA GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany, 57–63, 2010.
Sippel, J., Fuchs, S., Cacace, M., Braatz, A., Kastner, O., Huenges, E., and
Scheck-Wenderoth, M.: Deep 3-D thermal modelling for the city of Berlin
(Germany), Environ. Earth Sci., 70, 3545–3566,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2679-2, 2013.
Turcotte, D. and Shubert, G.: Geodynamics (2nd ed.), Cambridge University
Press, 2002.
Vilà, M., Fernández, M., and Jiménez-Munt, I.: Radiogenic heat
production variability of some common lithological groups and its
significance to lithospheric thermal modeling, Tectonophysics, 490, 152–164,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2010.05.003, 2010.
Short summary
We have developed a first Germany-wide 3D data-based density and temperature model integrating geoscientific observations and physical processes. The model can serve as a reference for local detailed studies dealing with temperature, pressure, stress, subsidence and sedimentation. Our results help to improve subsurface utilization concepts, reveal current geomechanical conditions crucial for hazard assessment and gather information on viable resources such groundwater and deep geothermal energy.
We have developed a first Germany-wide 3D data-based density and temperature model integrating...
