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Data Publication

4D X-Ray CT data and surface view videos of a systematic comparison of experimental set-ups for modelling extensional tectonics

Zwaan, Frank | Schreurs, Guido | Buiter, Susanne J.H.

GFZ Data Services

(2019)

This data set includes 40 videos (+ 1 image) depicting the surface evolution of 39 experiments on crustal extension, as well as 4D CT imagery (figures and videos) of 6 of these experiments. The experiments examined the influence of the method for driving extension (foam base, rubber base, plate base or conveyor base) for localization of deformation in overlying layers of brittle-only and brittle-viscous materials representing the earth’s crust. All experiments were performed at the Tectonic Modelling Laboratory of the University of Bern. Detailed descriptions of the experiments and monitoring techniques can be found in Zwaan et al. (2019) to which these data are supplementary material. All experiments were monitored with top view photographs (SLR camera Nikon D-100 6.1 MPx). The photograph time steps depend on the applied extension velocity, but are generally 1 or 2 min. Six experiments were also monitored with an X-Ray computed tomography technique using a 64 slice Siemens Somatom Definition AS X-ray CT-scanner (Zwaan et al., 2016) with varying time intervals (5-30 min). CT-data was analyzed with the software OsiriX (Pixmeo SARL).

Keywords


Originally assigned keywords
Analogue modelling techniques
EPOS
European Plate Observing System
multiscale laboratories
analogue models of geologic processes
analog modelling results
TECTONICS
continental rift setting
graben
rifting
fracturing
shearing
ductile flow
rift valley
flexurebuckle
syncline
normal fault
Quartz Sand
Corundum Sand
SiliconSilly puttyPDMS
Sandbox meter scale
Time lapse camera
Generic camera
Xray computed tomographic scanner CTscan

Corresponding MSL vocabulary keywords
tectonic plate boundary
rifting
graben
ductile deformation
rift valley
rift valley
syncline
normal fault
corundum sand
camera

MSL enriched keywords
tectonic plate boundary
divergent tectonic plate boundary
rifting
Modeled geomorphological feature
tectonic landforms
graben
Inferred deformation behavior
deformation behaviour
ductile deformation
mountain and glacial landforms
rift valley
rift valley
tectonic deformation structure
tectonic fold
syncline
tectonic fault
normal fault
analogue modelling material
granular modelling material
natural granular material
corundum sand
Ancillary equipment
model surface monitoring (2D)
camera
elastic modelling material
natural elastic material
natural rubber
Software
Osirix
Earth's structure
Earth crust
Technique
imaging (3D)
computed tomography (CT)
tomoscopy

MSL original sub domains

analogue modelling of geologic processes

MSL enriched sub domains i

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


Source publisher

GFZ Data Services


DOI

10.5880/fidgeo.2019.018


Authors

Zwaan, Frank

0000-0001-8226-2132

Institute of Geological Sciences of the University of Bern, Switzerland

Schreurs, Guido

0000-0002-4544-7514

Institute of Geological Sciences of the University of Bern, Switzerland

Buiter, Susanne J.H.

0000-0002-2493-2377

Institute of Geological Sciences of the University of Bern, Switzerland


References

Zwaan, F., Schreurs, G., & Buiter, S. J. H. (2019). A systematic comparison of experimental set-ups for modelling extensional tectonics. Solid Earth, 10(4), 1063–1097. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1063-2019

10.5194/se-10-1063-2019

IsSupplementTo

Zwaan, F., Schreurs, G., Naliboff, J., & Buiter, S. J. H. (2016). Insights into the effects of oblique extension on continental rift interaction from 3D analogue and numerical models. Tectonophysics, 693, 239–260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.02.036

10.1016/j.tecto.2016.02.036

Cites


Contact

Zwaan, Frank

frank.zwaan@geo.unibe.ch

Institute of Geological Sciences of the University of Bern, Switzerland


Citiation

Zwaan, F., Schreurs, G., & Buiter, S. J. H. (2019). 4D X-Ray CT data and surface view videos of a systematic comparison of experimental set-ups for modelling extensional tectonics [Data set]. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/FIDGEO.2019.018