Sensitivity of 3D thermal models to the choice of boundary conditions and thermal properties: A case study for the area of Brandenburg (NE German Basin)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1695-1711

  Noack, Vera ^a,b   Scheck Wenderoth, Magdalena ^b   Cacace, Mauro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D thermal model; Brandenburg; Conductive thermal field; Lithosphere asthenosphere boundary; Northeast German Basin; Zechstein salt

Indexed keywords

3D THERMAL MODEL; BRANDENBURG; LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; NORTHEAST GERMAN BASIN; THERMAL FIELD;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; BASIN FILL; COMPLEXITY; CRUST; DIAPIR; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; LITHOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

BRANDENBURG [GERMANY]; GERMANY;

EID: 84868585500     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1614-2     Document Type: Article

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