Analysis of analogue models testing the influence of rheologically weak layers and basal fault kinematics on deformation in the overburden

Zwaan, Frank; Schreurs, Guido; Madritsch, Herfried; Herwegh, Marco;

2022-12 || GFZ Data Services

This data set includes overviews depicting the surface evolution (time-lapse photography, topography analysis, digital image correlation [DIC] analysis), as well as and progressive physical cross-section analysis of 18 laboratory experiments (analogue models) testing the influence of rheologically weak layers (i.e. layers with [a component of] viscous behaviour) and basal fault kinematics on deformation in the weak layer’s overburden. This model set-up was inspired by the geological situation in the Swiss Alpine Foreland. All experiments were performed at the Tectonic Modelling Laboratory of the University of Bern (UB). Detailed descriptions of the model set-up preparation and results, as well as the monitoring techniques can be found in Zwaan et al. (in review).

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  • analogue modelling of geologic processes
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  • analogue modelling of geologic processes
  • rock and melt physics
Source http://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2022.032
Source publisher GFZ Data Services
DOI 10.5880/fidgeo.2022.032
License CC BY 4.0
Authors
  • Zwaan, Frank
  • 0000-0001-8226-2132
  • Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
  • Schreurs, Guido
  • 0000-0002-4544-7514
  • Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
  • Madritsch, Herfried
  • National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra), Wettingen, Switzerland
  • Herwegh, Marco
  • 0000-0001-7323-4199
  • Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
References
  • Zwaan, F., Schreurs, G., Madritsch, H., & Herwegh, M. (2022). Influence of rheologically weak layers on fault architecture: insights from analogue models in the context of the Northern Alpine Foreland Basin. Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 115(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s00015-022-00427-8
  • 10.1186/s00015-022-00427-8
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Contact
  • Zwaan, Frank
  • Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
  • frank.zwaan@geo.unibe.ch
Citation Zwaan, F., Schreurs, G., Madritsch, H., & Herwegh, M. (2022). Analysis of analogue models testing the influence of rheologically weak layers and basal fault kinematics on deformation in the overburden [Data set]. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/FIDGEO.2022.032
Spatial coordinates
  • eLong 10.1
  • nLat 48
  • sLat 46
  • wLong 6