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Alps, Forelands, Po Basin, Molasse Basin, Upper Rhine Graben, Ivrea Body, European Crust, Adriatic Crust, Sediment Thickness, Crustal Thickness, Vosges Massif, Black Forest Massif, Bohemian Massif, Mantle Density, 4DMB, Mountain Building Processes in 4d, lithosphere, lithosphere > earth's crust, lithosphere > earth's crust > continental shelf > continent, lithosphere > earth's crust > sedimentary basin, physical property > viscosity, science > natural science > earth science > geophysics
Abstract:
Despite the amount of research focused on the Alpine orogen, significant unknowns remain regarding the thermal field and long term lithospheric strength in the region. Previous published interpretations of these features primarily concern a limited number of 2D cross sections, and those that represent the region in 3D typically do not conform to measured data such as wellbore or seismic measurements. However, in the light of recently published higher resolution region specific 3D geophysical models, that conform to secondary data measurements, the generation of a more up to date revision of the thermal field and long term lithospheric yield strength is made possible, in order to shed light on open questions of the state of the orogen. The study area of this work focuses on a region of 660 km x 620 km covering the vast majority of the Alps and their forelands, with the Central and Eastern Alps and the northern foreland being the best covered regions.
