Dataset
Data Publication
A Database of Centrifuge Analogue Models Testing the Influence of Pre-Existing Weak Zones During Continental Compression
Wan, Xiaofan | Maestrelli, Daniele | Corti, Giacomo | Sani, Federico | Bonini, Marco | Ge, Xiang | Lei, Qingqing | Zou, Yaoyao | Shen, Chuanbo
GFZ Data Services
(2025)
Descriptions
This dataset presents the raw data of an experimental series of centrifuge models performed to test the influence of pre-existing weak zones in the lower crust (herein after referred to as Weak Lower Crust –WLC) during continental compression. We varied the width of the WLC, the dip of the interfaces bounding the WLC and the frictional properties at the WLC-LC interface by using lubricant (vaseline). In this dataset, we provide four different types of data, that can serve as supporting material and can be used for further analysis: 1) The top-view photos, taken at different stages and showing the deformation process of each model; 2) Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) used to reconstruct the 3D deformation of the performed analogue models; 3) Line-drawing of fault and fracture patterns to be used for fault statistical quantification; 4) A Python script to draw swath profiles (outputs) of the analogue models. Further details on the modelling strategy can be found in the publication associated with this dataset and in Milazzo et al. (2021), using a similar setup for achieving compression in the centrifuge. Materials used for these analogue models were described in Corti (2012), Montanari et al. (2017), Del Ventisette et al. (2019), Zou et al. (2024) and Wan et al. (2025).
Keywords
MSL enriched keywords
tectonic deformation structure
tectonic fold
anticline
antiform
Measured property
friction - controlled slip rate
cohesion
Measured property
friction - controlled slip rate
cohesion
tectonic fault
detachment fault
tectonic plate boundary
convergent tectonic plate boundary
continental collision
fold-and-thrust belt
Modeled structure
modelled deformation structure
modelled fracture
friction coefficient
Inferred deformation behavior
deformation behaviour
frictional deformation
friction coefficient
Apparatus
analogue modelling
gravity driven process simulation
gravity load device (centrifuge)
Software
Light-3D
Matlab (Mathworks)
Modeled geomorphological feature
mountain and glacial landforms
mountain
normal fault
analogue modelling material
plastic modelling material
synthetic plastic material
plasticine
slope landforms
plateau
Apparatus
fluid transport testing
fluid rheology testing
rheometer
characterization of modelling material
rheology testing
rheometer
unconsolidated sediment
clastic sediment
sand
structure from motion (SfM)
Ancillary equipment
model surface monitoring (2D)
syncline
synform
thrust fault
camera
Earth's structure
Earth crust
lower crust
MSL vocabulary keywords corresponding to originally assigned keywords
anticline
antiform
cohesion
cohesion
detachment fault
fold-and-thrust belt
modelled fracture
friction coefficient
frictional deformation
friction coefficient
gravity load device (centrifuge)
Light-3D
Matlab (Mathworks)
mountain
normal fault
plasticine
plateau
rheometer
rheometer
sand
structure from motion (SfM)
model surface monitoring (2D)
syncline
synform
thrust fault
camera
Originally assigned keywords
EPOS
multi-scale laboratories
analogue models of geologic processes
Centrifuge
Augmented gravity model
Pre-existing fabric
Weak zone
Compressional tectonics
Morocco
Tibet
Thrust systems
Thrust tectonics
Tophography
Inherited structures
High Atlas
Qiangtang basin
anticline
antiform
Cohesion
deformation
deformation > folding
deformation > fracturing
Density
detachment fault
earth interior setting > crust setting > continental-crustal setting > collisional setting
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > TECTONIC PROCESSES > OROGENIC MOVEMENT
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > TECTONIC PROCESSES > RIFTING
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > TECTONIC PROCESSES > SUBDUCTION
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > TECTONIC PROCESSES > TECTONIC UPLIFT
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > IGNEOUS ROCKS
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > SEDIMENTS
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > CRUSTAL MOTION > CRUSTAL MOTION DIRECTION
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > FAULT MOVEMENT > FAULT MOVEMENT DIRECTION
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > FOLDS
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > ISOSTATIC REBOUND
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > LITHOSPHERIC PLATE MOTION > PLATE MOTION DIRECTION
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > PLATE BOUNDARIES
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > STRAIN
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > STRESS
EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION > GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS > DESKTOP GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION > GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS
EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION > STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS
EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION > VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING
EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > MODELS > DIGITAL ELEVATION/DIGITAL TERRAIN MODELS
EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > MODELS > GEOLOGIC/TECTONIC/PALEOCLIMATE MODELS
EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > MODELS > PHYSICAL/LABORATORY MODELS
fault
fold-and-thrust belt
fracture
Friction coefficient
Glass/Plexiglas box
Glass/Plexiglas box > Glass/Plexiglas box (cm scale)
Gravity load device (Centrifuge)
Light-3D
Matlab (Mathworks)
mountain
mountainflank
mountainslope
normal fault
Plasticine
plateau
Python
Rheometer
Sand
Sand > Corundum Sand
Sand > Feldspar Sand
Sand > Quartz Sand
Silicon/Silly putty/PDMS
Structure from Motion (SfM)
Structure from Motion (SfM) > Photoscan (Agisoft)
Surface image
syncline
synform
tectonic and structural features
tectonic process
tectonic process > accretion
tectonic process > continental_collision
tectonic process > orogenic process
tectonic process > subduction
tectonic setting > intraplate tectonic setting
tectonic setting > plate margin setting > active continental margin setting
tectonic uplift
thrust fault
thrust sheet/nappe/overthrust
Time lapse camera
Metadata
MSL enriched sub domains
rock and melt physics
analogue modelling of geologic processes
Resource Type
Source
Source publisher
| GFZ Data Services |
DOI
| 10.5880/fidgeo.2025.091 |
Creators
| Wan, Xiaofan |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2173-2337 |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources of the Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China |
| Maestrelli, Daniele |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3527-2394 |
| CNR-National Research Council of Italy | IGG-Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Firenze, Italy |
| Corti, Giacomo |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7399-4438 |
| CNR-National Research Council of Italy | IGG-Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Firenze, Italy |
| Sani, Federico |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8832-1471 |
| University of Florence, Department of Earth Sciences, Florence, Italy |
| Bonini, Marco |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4818-8076 |
| CNR-National Research Council of Italy | IGG-Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Firenze, Italy |
| Ge, Xiang |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1083-0329 |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources of the Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China |
| Lei, Qingqing |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7727-5796 |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources of the Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China |
| Zou, Yaoyao |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0280-8172 |
| Wuhan Centre, China Geological Survey (Geosciences Innovation Centre of Central South China), Wuhan, China |
| Shen, Chuanbo |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5641-9714 |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources of the Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China |
Contributors
| Wan, Xiaofan |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2173-2337 |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources of the Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China |
| Wan, Xiaofan |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2173-2337 |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources of the Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China |
| Wan, Xiaofan |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2173-2337 |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources of the Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China |
| Wan, Xiaofan |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2173-2337 |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources of the Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China |
| Maestrelli, Daniele |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3527-2394 |
| CNR-National Research Council of Italy | IGG-Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Firenze, Italy |
| Maestrelli, Daniele |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3527-2394 |
| CNR-National Research Council of Italy | IGG-Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Firenze, Italy |
| Maestrelli, Daniele |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3527-2394 |
| CNR-National Research Council of Italy | IGG-Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Firenze, Italy |
| Maestrelli, Daniele |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3527-2394 |
| CNR-National Research Council of Italy | IGG-Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Firenze, Italy |
| Maestrelli, Daniele |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3527-2394 |
| CNR-National Research Council of Italy | IGG-Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Firenze, Italy |
| Corti, Giacomo |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7399-4438 |
| CNR-National Research Council of Italy | IGG-Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Firenze, Italy |
| Corti, Giacomo |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7399-4438 |
| CNR-National Research Council of Italy | IGG-Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Firenze, Italy |
| Corti, Giacomo |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7399-4438 |
| CNR-National Research Council of Italy | IGG-Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Firenze, Italy |
| Corti, Giacomo |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7399-4438 |
| CNR-National Research Council of Italy | IGG-Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Firenze, Italy |
| Sani, Federico |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8832-1471 |
| University of Florence, Department of Earth Sciences, Florence, Italy |
| Sani, Federico |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8832-1471 |
| University of Florence, Department of Earth Sciences, Florence, Italy |
| Bonini, Marco |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4818-8076 |
| CNR-National Research Council of Italy | IGG-Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Firenze, Italy |
| Ge, Xiang |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1083-0329 |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources of the Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China |
| Lei, Qingqing |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7727-5796 |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources of the Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China |
| Zou, Yaoyao |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0280-8172 |
| Wuhan Centre, China Geological Survey (Geosciences Innovation Centre of Central South China), Wuhan, China |
| Shen, Chuanbo |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5641-9714 |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources of the Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China |
| Shen, Chuanbo |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5641-9714 |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources of the Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China |
| Tectonics Modelling Laboratory (IGG-CNR, Italy) |
| Personal |
| IGG-CNR, Florence, Italy |
| Wan, Xiaofan |
| Personal |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources of the Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China |
Citation
Wan, X., Maestrelli, D., Corti, G., Sani, F., Bonini, M., Ge, X., Lei, Q., Zou, Y., & Shen, C. (2025). A Database of Centrifuge Analogue Models Testing the Influence of Pre-Existing Weak Zones During Continental Compression [Dataset]. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/FIDGEO.2025.091
References
Dates
| Created | 2025-10-09 |
| Issued | 2025 |
Language
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Funding References
| Funder Name | European Plate Observing System (EPOS) |
| Funder Name | Joint Research Unit EPOS Italia |
| Funder Name | NextGenerationEU |
| Award Number | IR0000025 |
| Award Title | PNRR ILGE-MEET Project |
| Funder Name | Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca |
| Funder Identifier | https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003407 |
| Award Number | 2022SERX3R |
| Award Title | PRIN - TEAMS PRIN |
| Funder Name | Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China |
| Funder Identifier | https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002855 |
| Award Number | 2025ZD1400702-04 |
| Award Title | Hydrocarbon Preservation Conditions and Mechanisms |
| Funder Name | Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province |
| Funder Identifier | https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003819 |
| Award Number | 2021CFA031 |
| Award Title | Innovation Team Project of the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province |
| Funder Name | China Scholarship Council |
| Funder Identifier | https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004543 |
| Award Number | 202406410137 |
Rights
| Name | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International |
| URI | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode |
| Identifier | cc-by-4.0 |
| Identifier Scheme | SPDX |
| Scheme URI | https://spdx.org/licenses/ |
Locations
Geo location(s)
Tibet study area
Morocco study area