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Ring-shear test data of quartz sand SIBELCO S80 used for analogue modelling in the Tectonic Laboratory (TecLab) at Utrecht University

Willingshofer, Ernst | Rosenau, Matthias

GFZ Data Services

(2025)

Descriptions

This dataset provides friction data from ring-shear tests on quartz sand SIBELCO S80 used in analogue modelling of tectonic processes as a rock analogue for the earth’s upper crust (e.g., Klinkmüller et al., 2016). According to our analysis the material shows a Mohr-Coulomb behaviour characterized by a linear failure envelope. Peak, dynamic and reactivation friction coefficients of quartz sand S80 are µP = 0.75, µD = 0.59, and µR = 0.69, respectively (Table 5). Cohesion of the material ranges between 0-80 Pa. The material shows no rate-dependency (<1% per ten-fold change in shear velocity v). The tested bulk material consists of quartz sand SIBELCO S80 with grain size of ~0.63-355 µm (D50 = 175 µm. Bulk and grain densities are 1300 kg/m³ and 2650 kg/m³, respectively and the hardness is 7 on Moh’s scale. S80 is sold e.g., by the company SIBELCO (sibelco.com).

Keywords


Originally assigned keywords
EPOS
multi-scale laboratories
analogue models of geologic processes
property data of analogue modelling materials
Cohesion
deformation &gt; shearing
fault
Friction coefficient
Ring-shear tester
Sand &gt; Quartz Sand

Corresponding MSL vocabulary keywords
cohesion
cohesion
friction coefficient
frictional deformation
friction coefficient

MSL enriched keywords
Measured property
friction - controlled slip rate
cohesion
Measured property
friction - controlled slip rate
cohesion
friction coefficient
Inferred deformation behavior
deformation behaviour
frictional deformation
friction coefficient
minerals
silicate minerals
tectosilicates
quartz
unconsolidated sediment
clastic sediment
sand
Apparatus
deformation testing
shear testing
rotary shear apparatus
Apparatus
analogue modelling
characterization of modelling material
frictional property determination
rotary shear apparatus
brittle deformation
Earth's structure
Earth crust
upper crust
Analyzed feature
grain size and configuration
grain size

Metadata


MSL enriched sub domains

rock and melt physics
analogue modelling of geologic processes
microscopy and tomography

Resource Type

Dataset


Source


Source publisher

GFZ Data Services

DOI

10.5880/fidgeo.2025.024

Creators

Willingshofer, Ernst
Personal
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Rosenau, Matthias
Personal
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

Contributors

Willingshofer, Ernst
Personal
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Willingshofer, Ernst
Personal
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Rosenau, Matthias
Personal
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Rosenau, Matthias
Personal
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Rosenau, Matthias
Personal
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Rosenau, Matthias
Personal
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Rosenau, Matthias
Personal
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Rosenau, Matthias
Personal
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Rosenau, Matthias
Personal
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
HelTec-Helmholtz Laboratory For Tectonic Modelling (GFZ German Research Centre For Geosciences, Germany)
Personal
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
TecLab-Tectonic Modelling Laboratory (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Personal
Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Rosenau
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

Citation

Willingshofer, E., & Rosenau, M. (2025). Ring-shear test data of quartz sand SIBELCO S80 used for analogue modelling in the Tectonic Laboratory (TecLab) at Utrecht University (M. Rosenau, Ed.) [Data set]. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/FIDGEO.2025.024


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Dates

Issued 2025

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Rights

Name Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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