TY - JOUR A1 - Scheck-Wenderoth, Magdalena A1 - Cacace, Mauro A1 - Maystrenko, Yuriy Petrovich A1 - Cherubini, Yvonne A1 - Noack, Vera A1 - Kaiser, Bjoern Onno A1 - Sippel, Judith A1 - Bjoern, Lewerenz T1 - Models of heat transport in the Central European Basin System: Effective mechanisms at different scales JF - Marine and petroleum geology N2 - Understanding heat transport in sedimentary basins requires an assessment of the regional 3D heat distribution and of the main physical mechanisms responsible for the transport of heat. We review results from different 3D numerical simulations of heat transport based on 3D basin models of the Central European Basin System (CEBS). Therefore we compare differently detailed 3D structural models of the area, previously published individually, to assess the influence of (1) different configurations of the deeper lithosphere, (2) the mechanism of heat transport considered and (3) large faults dissecting the sedimentary succession on the resulting thermal field and groundwater flow. Based on this comparison we propose a modelling strategy linking the regional and lithosphere-scale to the sub-basin and basin-fill scale and appropriately considering the effective heat transport processes. We find that conduction as the dominant mechanism of heat transport in sedimentary basins is controlled by the distribution of thermal conductivities, compositional and thickness variations of both the conductive and radiogenic crystalline crust as well as the insulating sediments and by variations in the depth to the thermal lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary. Variations of these factors cause thermal anomalies of specific wavelength and must be accounted for in regional thermal studies. In addition advective heat transport also exerts control on the thermal field on the regional scale. In contrast, convective heat transport and heat transport along faults is only locally important and needs to be considered for exploration on the reservoir scale. The general applicability of the proposed workflow makes it of interest for a broad range of application in geosciences including oil and gas exploration, geothermal utilization or carbon capture and sequestration issues. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. KW - 3D thermal model KW - Geothermal field KW - Sedimentary basin KW - Heat transport by conduction KW - Advection and convection KW - Central European Basin System Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.03.009 SN - 0264-8172 SN - 1873-4073 VL - 55 SP - 315 EP - 331 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER -