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A database of enhanced-gravity analogue models examining the influence of pre-existing fabrics on the evolution of oblique rift

Zou, Yaoyao | Maestrelli, Daniele | Corti, Giacomo | Del Ventisette, Chiara | Wang, Liang | Shen, Chuanbo

GFZ Data Services

(2024)

This dataset shows the original data of a series of enhanced-gravity (centrifuge) analogue models, which were performed to test the influence of the pre-existing fabrics in the brittle upper crust on the evolution of structures resulting from oblique rifting. The obliquity of the rift (i.e., the angle between the rift axis and the direction of extension) was kept constant at 30° in all the models. The main variable of this experimental series was the orientation of the pre-existing fabrics (indicated as the angle between the trend of the fabric and the orthogonal to extension), which varied from 0° to 90° (i.e., from orthogonal to parallel to the extension direction). The inherited discontinuities were reproduced by cutting with a knife through the top brittle layer of models. An overview of the experimental series is shown in Table 1. In this dataset, four different data types are provided for further analysis: 1) Top-view photos of model deformation, taken at different time intervals and showing the deformation process of each model; they can be used to interpret the geometrical characteristics of rift-related faults; 2) Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) used to reconstruct the 3D deformation of the analogue models, allowing for quantitative analysis of the fault pattern. 3) Movies of model deformation, built from top-view photos, which help to visualize the evolution of model deformation; 4) Faults line-drawings to be used for statistical quantification of rift-related structures. Further information on the modelling strategy and setup can be found in the publication associated to this dataset and in Corti (2012), Philippon et al. (2015), Maestrelli et al. (2020), Molnar et al. (2020), Zwaan et al. (2021), Zou et al. (2023). Materials used to perform these enhanced-gravity analogue models were described in Montanari et al. (2017), Del Ventisette et al. (2019) and Zwaan et al. (2020).

Keywords


Originally assigned keywords
analogue model
rifting
extension
centrifuge
fault
fault interaction
basin
tectonics
East African Rift System
MER
Kenya Rift
Main Ethiopian Rift
fault kinematic
oblique rifting
inherited structures
inherited fabric
preexisting structure
EPOS
multiscale laboratories
analogue models of geologic processes
composite genesis material
igneous material
rock
sedimentary material
EARTH SCIENCE
SOLID EARTH
TECTONICS
EARTHQUAKES
NEOTECTONICS
PLATE TECTONICS
CRUSTAL MOTION
FAULT MOVEMENT
FAULT MOVEMENT DIRECTION
LITHOSPHERIC PLATE MOTION
PLATE MOTION DIRECTION
STRAIN
STRESS
HAZARDS MANAGEMENT
equipment
experiment
simulation
test
comparative test
hazard
Formation of the earth
Phanerozoic
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
The Present
In SituLaboratory Instruments
ModelsAnalyses
Data Analysis

Corresponding MSL vocabulary keywords
rifting
tectonic plate boundary
tectonic fault
strain
strain
equipment
Equipment
Phanerozoic
Cenozoic
Mesozoic

MSL enriched keywords
tectonic plate boundary
divergent tectonic plate boundary
rifting
tectonic deformation structure
tectonic fault
Measured property
strain
Measured property
strain
equipment
Equipment
Phanerozoic
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
Earth's structure
Earth crust
upper crust

MSL original sub domains

analogue modelling of geologic processes

MSL enriched sub domains i

analogue modelling of geologic processes
rock and melt physics


Source publisher

GFZ Data Services


DOI

10.5880/fidgeo.2023.048


Authors

Zou, Yaoyao

58458115900

Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China

Maestrelli, Daniele

0000-0002-3527-2394

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Florence, Italy

Corti, Giacomo

0000-0001-7399-4438

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Florence, Italy

Del Ventisette, Chiara

0000-0003-2429-7710

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Florence, Italy

Wang, Liang

57208673699

Geophysical Exploration Center, China Earthquake Administration, 450002 Zhengzhou, China

Shen, Chuanbo

1630576170

Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China


References

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Corti, G. (2012). Evolution and characteristics of continental rifting: Analog modeling-inspired view and comparison with examples from the East African Rift System. Tectonophysics, 522–523, 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2011.06.010

10.1016/j.tecto.2011.06.010

Cites

Del Ventisette, C., Bonini, M., Agostini, A., Corti, G., Maestrelli, D., & Montanari, D. (2019). Using different grain-size granular mixtures (quartz and K-feldspar sand) in analogue extensional models. Journal of Structural Geology, 129, 103888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2019.103888

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Cites

Maestrelli, D., Montanari, D., Corti, G., Del Ventisette, C., Moratti, G., & Bonini, M. (2020). Exploring the Interactions Between Rift Propagation and Inherited Crustal Fabrics Through Experimental Modeling. Tectonics, 39(12). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020tc006211

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Cites

Molnar, N., Cruden, A., & Betts, P. (2020). The role of inherited crustal and lithospheric architecture during the evolution of the Red Sea: Insights from three dimensional analogue experiments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 544, 116377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116377

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Cites

Montanari, D., Agostini, A., Bonini, M., Corti, G., & Ventisette, C. (2017). The Use of Empirical Methods for Testing Granular Materials in Analogue Modelling. Materials, 10(6), 635. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10060635

10.3390/ma10060635

Cites

Philippon, M., Willingshofer, E., Sokoutis, D., Corti, G., Sani, F., Bonini, M., & Cloetingh, S. (2015). Slip re-orientation in oblique rifts. Geology, 43(2), 147–150. https://doi.org/10.1130/g36208.1

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Cites

Zwaan, F., Corti, G., Keir, D., & Sani, F. (2020). Analogue modelling of marginal flexure in Afar, East Africa: Implications for passive margin formation. Tectonophysics, 796, 228595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228595

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Cites

Zwaan, F., Chenin, P., Erratt, D., Manatschal, G., & Schreurs, G. (2021). Competition between 3D structural inheritance and kinematics during rifting: Insights from analogue models. Basin Research, 34(2), 824–854. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12642

10.1111/bre.12642

Cites

Zou, Y., Maestrelli, D., Corti, G., Del Ventisette, C., Wang, L., &amp; Shen, C. (2023). <i>A database of centrifuge analogue models testing the influence of inherited brittle fabrics on continental rifting</i> [Data set]. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/FIDGEO.2022.043

10.5880/fidgeo.2022.043

Cites


Contact

Zou, Yaoyao

yaoyaozou@cug.edu.cn

Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China


Citiation

Zou, Y., Maestrelli, D., Corti, G., Del Ventisette, C., Wang, L., & Shen, C. (2023). A database of enhanced-gravity analogue models examining the influence of pre-existing fabrics on the evolution of oblique rift [Data set]. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/FIDGEO.2023.048


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