Rheology of viscous materials from the CNR-IGG Tectonic Modelling Laboratory at the University of Florence (Italy)

Zwaan, Frank | Rudolf, Michael | Corti, Giacomo | Keir, Derek | Sani, Federico

2020

This dataset provides rheometric data of three viscous materials used for centrifuge experiments at the Tectonic Modelling Laboratory of CNR-IGG at the Earth Sciences Department of the University of Florence (Italy). The first material, PP45, is a mixture of a silicone (Polydimethylsiloxane...

Digital image correlation data from analogue modelling experiments addressing extension of weakened crust

Osagiede, Edoseghe E. | Rosenau, Matthias | Rudolf, Michael | Rotevatn, Atle | Gawthorpe, Robert | Jackson, Christopher A.-L.

2021

This data set includes the results of digital image correlation analysis applied to analogue modelling experiments (Table 1) on the effect of weakness during distributed crustal extension performed at the Helmholtz Laboratory for Tectonic Modelling (HelTec) of the GFZ German Research Centre for...

Images and videos of analogue centrifuge models exploring marginal flexure during rifting in Afar, East Africa

Zwaan, Frank | Corti, Giacomo | Keir, Derek | Sani, Federico

2020

This data set includes images and videos depicting the evolution of deformation and topography in 17 analogue experiments of passive margin development, to better understand the ongoing tec-tonics along the western margin of Afar, East Africa. The tectonic background that forms the basis for...

Fluid-Induced Fault Slip Experiments in the Laboratory on Critically Stressed Saw-Cut Sandstone Samples with High Permeability

Wang, Lei | Kwiatek, Grzegorz | Rybacki, Erik | Bonnelye, Audrey | Bohnhoff, Marco | Dresen, Georg

2020

To understand the physical mechanisms governing fluid-induced seismicity at field-scale fluid injection projects, we conducted fluid-induced fault slip experiments in the laboratory on critically stressed saw-cut sandstone samples with high permeability using different fluid pressurization...

Ash generation of volcanic lapilli during rotary tumbling

Hornby, Adrian | Küppers, Ulrich | Maurer, Benedikt M. | Poetsch, Carina | Dingwell, Donald B.

2020

Data supporting the publication Hornby, AJ, Kueppers U, Maurer BM, Poetsch C and Dingwell DB (2020) "Experimental constraints on volcanic ash generation and clast morphometrics in pyroclastic density currents and granular flows". In this study, fine ash is generated from lapilli-sized...

Ring-shear test data of feldspar sand from the CNR-IGG Tectonic Modelling Laboratory at the University of Florence (Italy)

Zwaan, Frank | Rudolf, Michael | Pohlenz, Andre | Corti, Giacomo | Keir, Derek | Sani, Federico

2020

This dataset provides internal data from ring-shear tests (RST) on a feldspar sand material that has been used in tectonic experiments by among others Montanari et al. (2017) and Zwaan et al. (2020) in the Tectonic Modelling Laboratory of CNR-IGG at the Earth Sciences Department of the...

4D X-Ray CT data and surface view videos of analogue models exploring rift interaction in orthogonal and rotational extension

Zwaan, Frank | Schreurs, Guido

2020

This data set includes videos depicting the surface evolution of 29 analogue models on crustal extension, as well as 4D CT imagery (figures and videos) of two of these experiments. The experiments examined the influence of the method for driving extension (orthogonal or rotational) on the...

Digital image correlation data from analogue modelling experiments addressing magma emplacement along simple shear and transtensional fault zones

Michail, Maria | Rudolf, Michael | Rosenau, Matthias | Riva, Alberto | Gianolla, Piero | Coltorti, Massimo

2021

This data set includes the results of digital image correlation analysis applied to nine experiments (Table 1) on magma-tectonic interaction performed at the Helmholtz Laboratory for Tectonic Modelling (HelTec) of the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam in the framework of...

Ring shear test data of glass beads 300-400 µm used for analogue experiments in the Helmholtz Laboratory for Tectonic Modelling (HelTec) at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam

Pohlenz, Andre | Rudolf, Michael | Kemnitz, Helga | Rosenau, Matthias

2020

This dataset provides friction data from ring-shear tests (RST) on glass beads used in the Helmholtz Laboratory for Tectonic Modelling (HelTec) at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam as an analogue for “weak” brittle layers in the crust or lithosphere (Ritter et al., 2016;...

Ring shear test data of glass beads 70-110 µm used for analogue experiments in the Helmholtz Laboratory for Tectonic Modelling (HelTec) at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam

Pohlenz, Andre | Rudolf, Michael | Kemnitz, Helga | Rosenau, Matthias

2020

This dataset provides friction data from ring-shear tests (RST) on glass beads used in the Helmholtz Laboratory for Tectonic Modelling (HelTec) at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam as an analogue for “weak” brittle layers in the crust or lithosphere (Ritter et al., 2016;...