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Abstract

We provide a set of grid files that collectively allow recreating a 3D geological model which covers the Central European Basin System and adjacent areas. The data publication is a complement to the publication of Maystrenko and Scheck-Wenderoth (2013) with a higher spatial and stratigraphic resolution. The structural model consists of (i) 11 sedimentary units including sea water; (ii) five crystalline crust units composed of four upper crustal units and one lower crustal unit; (iii) one lithospheric mantle unit. The available files include information on the regional variation of these geological units in terms of their depth and thickness, both attributes being allocated to regularly spaced grid nodes with horizontal spacing of 4 km. In comparison, the horizontal spacing of data provided by Maystrenko and Scheck-Wenderoth (2013) was 16 km. Besides, the model provided here resolves Permian, Mesozoic and Cenozoic sediments and Permo-Carboniferous volcanics. The model has originally been developed to analyse the first-order structural features characterizing the crust and the lithospheric mantle below the Central European Basin System and adjacent areas and obtain a basis for numerical simulations of heat transport and to calculate the lithospheric-scale conductive thermal field. Such simulations require the subsurface variation of physical rock properties to be defined, the 3D model differentiates units of contrasting materials, i.e. rock types. On that account, a large number of geological and geophysical data have been analysed (see Related Works) and we shortly describe here how they have been integrated into a consistent 3D model (Methods). For further information on the data usage and the characteristics of the units (e.g., lithology, density, thermal properties), the reader is referred to Maystrenko and Scheck-Wenderoth (2013). The contents and structure of the grid files provided herewith are described in the Technical Information section and the associated data description file (pdf).