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A new crustal model as input for the European strength map Tesauro (1,2) (1,2) , Kaban (2) (2) , Cloetingh (1) (1) M. Tesauro , M. M. Kaban , S. S. Cloetingh M. (1) Netherlands Research Centre for Integrated Solid Earth science, Faculty of

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A new crustal model as input for the European strength map

M.

M. Tesauro

Tesauro (1,2)

(1,2),

, M.

M. Kaban

Kaban (2)

(2),

, S.

S. Cloetingh

Cloetingh (1)

(1)

(1) Netherlands Research Centre for Integrated Solid Earth science, Faculty of Earth and Life Science, Vrije Universiteit (2) GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ)

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(1) Northwestern European platform (2) Microcontinent Iberia (3) Carpathian–Pannonian Basin (4) North Atlantic Margin

EEP = East European Platform, BS = Baltic Schield, TTZ = Tesseyre–Tornquist zone, C=Carpathians, PB=Pannonian Basin, NGP=North German Plane, BM=Bohemian Massif, D=Dinarides, NS=North Sea, LRG=Lower Rhine Graben, URG=Upper Rhine Graben, RM=Rhenish Massif, BM=Brabant Massif, PB=Paris Basin, MC=Massif Central, BB=Bay of Biscay, AB=Aquitaine Basin, P=Pyrenees, VIM=Varican Iberian Platform, VT=Valencia Trough, TS=Tyrrhenian Sea, GA=Gibraltar Arc, AP=Adriatic Plate, A=Apennines, IS=Ionian Sea

Europe: the area of study

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Perspectives

Sedimentary Thickness
Main crystalline crust discontinuities
P-Wave average velocity within the layers

New crustal model

Data of the mantle structure

Seismic tomography
mineral physics
geothermal data
Recalculation of temperature distribution in the lithosphere (using
utdated heat flow map and tomography data)
Construction of a new gravity model of the lithosphere
Improvements of the 3D strength model (including lateral variation
f physical parameters)
Prediction of the 3D spatial distribution of the current stress and strain field

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Dèzes and Ziegler, 2004

Moho Map

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Moho Map

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Other crystalline crust discontinuities
P-Wave avarage velocity within the layers

Seismic profiles

(e.g. CELEBRATION 2000, EGT, EUGENOS)

Interpolation of seismic data where the coverage is good
Seismic profile representative of geological feature

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Application of the crustal model:

Seismic tomography
Determination the lithology and the density of the

European crust and upper mantle

More accurate strength prediction
Calculation of the contribution of the crust to the
bserved gravity field

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