Abstract
In order to understand deformation processes that operated in large-scale, natural systems, experimental models can provide a crucial means of developing ideas concerning the interactions of sub-systems. We describe an experimental campaign that was designed to provide new insights into a multi-scale deformation type that involves faulting, uplift and rotation of strong crustal blocks, and the folding of the overlying sequence of layered rocks. The experimental models proved, at a small scale, the existence of a process that could only be inferred at natural scale – namely, the significant lateral flow of a ductile unit that transports the overlying rocks in a nearly passive fashion.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 22004 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-8 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | EPJ Web of Conferences |
Volume | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2010 |
Keywords
- Rock models
- Experimental
- geological structures