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Analogue experiments of asthenospheric flow and asthenosphere-lithosphere interaction driving back-arc extension performed in the Tectonic modelling laboratory (TecLab) at Utrecht University: top-view photographs and CT scan images

Krstekanić, Nemanja

YoDa Data Repository, Utrecht University, Netherlands

(2024)

The present dataset contains data obtained from 10 lithosphere to asthenosphere-scale analogue modelling experiments. These models were built to develop, test and validate a novel analogue modelling approach in which lithospheric deformation is controlled by gravity-driven asthenospheric flow. All models are built in a rectangular tank 56.9 cm long, 39.4 cm wide and 9.8 cm tall/deep. The models are either one-layer “asthenosphere only” models (CMF VT3 – CMF VT8), two-layer asthenosphere and lithospheric mantle model (CMF VT9) or with three-layer lithosphere overlying asthenospheric layer (CMF 13, CMF 17 and CMF 18). The mixture of feldspar and plastic sand was used for brittle crust, viscous Newtonian mixtures of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS silicone polymer), silicone oil and corundum were used for asthenosphere and ductile crust, while the mixture of PDMS, organic plasticine, silicone oil and corundum with power-law behaviour was used for lithospheric mantle. The properties of the used materials are described in Krstekanić et al. (in prep.), Willingshofer et al. (2018a,b) and Broerse et al. (2019). Deformation is induced in all models by opening outlet in a side wall, which allows for the lowermost, asthenospheric layer to flow out of the tank. The material that flowed out of the thank is then replaced in the side compartments that allow for it to defuse back into the model. In this way, the flow is established in the lowermost layer, which further transfers to deformation in the overlying layers. In these models, we change outlet height to change flow velocity as a boundary condition and/or we change rheology (one-, two- or four-layer models) with different thicknesses. For more details about the models’ setup , see Krstekanić et al. (in prep.). The scaling of our models follows the principles of geometrical, rheological and kinematical similarities between nature and models (Hubbert, 1937; Ramberg, 1981; Weijermars and Schmeling, 1986; Davy and Cobbold, 1991). The data will be provided in 10 subfolders. Detailed information about the files as well as information on how the data is processed is given in the explanatory file krstekanic-et-al-2024-data-documentation.pdf.

Keywords


Originally assigned keywords
Analogue modelling of geologic processes
analogue models
topview photographs
CT scanning images
asthenosphere
lithosphere
EPOS
multiscale laboratories
rock and melt physics properties
back arc setting
deformation
ductile flow
shearing
geologic process
tectonic process
spreading
fault
oblique slip fault
strikeslip fault
normal fault
core complex
graben
horst
Alumina Powder
Microspheres
Plastic
Plasticine
Feldspar Sand
Corundum Sand
SiliconSilly puttyPDMS
GlassPlexiglas box
SLR camera
Time lapse camera
Xray computed tomographic scanner CTscan
Matlab code
Digital Image Correlation DIC Particle Image Velocimetry PIV
PIVlab
Matlab Mathworks
Digital Camera
Surface image

Corresponding MSL vocabulary keywords
asthenosphere
lithosphere
back-arc basin
ductile deformation
oblique-slip fault
strike-slip fault
normal fault
graben
horst
plasticine
corundum sand
camera
Matlab (Mathworks)
model surface monitoring (2D)

MSL enriched keywords
Earth's structure
asthenosphere
lithosphere
tectonic plate boundary
convergent tectonic plate boundary
subduction
back-arc basin
Inferred deformation behavior
deformation behaviour
ductile deformation
tectonic deformation structure
tectonic fault
oblique-slip fault
strike-slip fault
normal fault
Modeled geomorphological feature
tectonic landforms
graben
horst
analogue modelling material
plastic modelling material
synthetic plastic material
plasticine
granular modelling material
natural granular material
corundum sand
Ancillary equipment
model surface monitoring (2D)
camera
Software
Matlab (Mathworks)
Apparatus
X-ray tomography
unconsolidated sediment
clastic sediment
sand
viscous modelling material
synthetic viscous material
silicone
silicone oil
Apparatus
analogue modelling

MSL enriched sub domains i

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


Source publisher

YoDa Data Repository, Utrecht University, Netherlands


DOI

10.24416/uu01-rmm0h6


Authors

Krstekanić, Nemanja

0000-0002-2798-2003

Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Belgrade, Serbia;


Contributers

Willingshofer, Ernst

DataCollector

0000-0002-9119-5557

Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands;

Auzemery, Antoine

Researcher

0000-0003-3891-4521

Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, GEOPS, Orsay, France; IFP Energies Nouvelles, Rueil Malmaison, France;

Matenco, Liviu

Researcher

0000-0001-7448-6929

Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands;

Smits, Jasper

DataCollector

0000-0002-3806-7089

Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands;


References

Tacobroerse. (2021). <i>tacobroerse/strainmap: v1.0</i> (Version v1.0) [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.4529475

10.5281/zenodo.4529475

References

Broerse, T., Norder, B., Govers, R., Sokoutis, D., Willingshofer, E., & Picken, S. J. (2019). New analogue materials for nonlinear lithosphere rheology, with an application to slab break-off. Tectonophysics, 756, 73–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2018.12.007

10.1016/j.tecto.2018.12.007

References

Broerse, T., Krstekanić, N., Kasbergen, C., & Willingshofer, E. (2021). Mapping and classifying large deformation from digital imagery: application to analogue models of lithosphere deformation. Geophysical Journal International, 226(2), 984–1017. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggab120

10.1093/gji/ggab120

References

Davy, Ph., & Cobbold, P. R. (1991). Experiments on shortening of a 4-layer model of the continental lithosphere. Tectonophysics, 188(1–2), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(91)90311-f

10.1016/0040-1951(91)90311-F

References

HUBBERT, M. K. (1937). Theory of scale models as applied to the study of geologic structures. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 48(10), 1459–1520. https://doi.org/10.1130/gsab-48-1459

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References

References

Thielicke, W., & Stamhuis, E. J. (2014). PIVlab – Towards User-friendly, Affordable and Accurate Digital Particle Image Velocimetry in MATLAB. Journal of Open Research Software, 2. https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.bl

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References

Weijermars, R., & Schmeling, H. (1986). Scaling of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid dynamics without inertia for quantitative modelling of rock flow due to gravity (including the concept of rheological similarity). Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 43(4), 316–330. https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9201(86)90021-x

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References

Willingshofer, E., Sokoutis, D., Beekman, F., Schönebeck, J.-M., Warsitzka, M., &amp; Rosenau, M. (2018). <i>Ring shear test data of feldspar sand and quartz sand used in the Tectonic Laboratory (TecLab) at Utrecht University for experimental Earth Science applications</i> [Data set]. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/FIDGEO.2018.072

10.5880/fidgeo.2018.072

References

Willingshofer, E., Sokoutis, D., Kleinhans, M., Beekmann, F., Schönebeck, J.-M., Warsitzka, M., &amp; Rosenau, M. (2018). <i>Ring-shear test data of plastic sand, a new rock analogue material used for experimental Earth Science applications at Utrecht University, The Netherlands</i> (Version 1) [Data set]. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/FIDGEO.2018.022

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References


Citiation

Krstekanić, N. (2024). Analogue experiments of asthenospheric flow and asthenosphere-lithosphere interaction driving back-arc extension performed in the Tectonic modelling laboratory (TecLab) at Utrecht University: top-view photographs and CT scan images (Version 1.0) [Data set]. Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.24416/UU01-RMM0H6


Collection Period

2023-07-18 - 2023-08-15