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Contribution of gravity gliding in salt-bearing rift basins - a new experimental setup for simulating salt tectonics under the influence of sub-salt extension and tilting

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    0546159 - GFÚ 2022 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
    Warsitzka, Michael - Závada, Prokop - Jähne-Klingberg, F. - Krzywiec, P.
    Contribution of gravity gliding in salt-bearing rift basins - a new experimental setup for simulating salt tectonics under the influence of sub-salt extension and tilting.
    Solid Earth. Roč. 12, č. 8 (2021), s. 1987-2020. ISSN 1869-9510. E-ISSN 1869-9529
    Grant - others:Czech Academy of Science (AVCR)(CZ) L100121901
    Institutional support: RVO:67985530
    Keywords : passive margins geology * 3D analog models * regional tectonics
    OECD category: Geology
    Impact factor: 3.923, year: 2021
    Method of publishing: Open access
    https://se.copernicus.org/articles/12/1987/2021/se-12-1987-2021-discussion.html

    Basin-scale salt flow and the evolution of salt structures in rift basins is mainly driven by sub- and supra-salt faulting and sedimentary loading. Crustal extension is often accompanied and followed by thermal subsidence leading to tilting of the graben flanks, which might induce an additional basinward-directed driver for salt tectonics. We designed a new experimental analogue apparatus capable of integrating the processes of sub-salt graben extension and tilting of the flanks, such that the overlapping effects on the deformation of a viscous substratum and the brittle overburden can be simulated. The presented experimental study was performed to demonstrate the main functionality of the experimental procedure and setup, demonstrating the main differences in structural evolution between conditions of pure extension, pure tilting, and extension combined with tilting. Digital image correlation of top-view stereoscopic images was applied to reveal the 3D displacement and strain patterns. The results of these experiments suggest that in salt basins affected by sub-salt extension and flank inclination, the salt flow and downward movement of overburden affects the entire flanks of the basin. Supra-salt extension occurring close to the graben centre is overprinted by the downward movement, i.e. the amount of extension is reduced or extensional faults zones are shortened. At the basin margins, thin-skinned extensional faults developed as a result of gravity gliding. A comparison with natural examples reveals that such fault zones can also be observed at the margins of many salt-bearing rift basins indicating that gravity gliding played a role in these basins.
    Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0322708

     
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