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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
Nemanja Krstekanić
Utrecht University
(2024)
Descriptions
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
Alumina Powder
Microspheres
Plastic
Plasticine
Feldspar Sand
Corundum Sand
Silicon/Silly putty/PDMS
Glass/Plexiglas box
Surface image
back arc setting
SLR camera
Time lapse camera
X-ray computed tomographic scanner (CT-scan)
deformation
ductile flow
shearing
geologic process
tectonic process
spreading
fault
oblique slip fault
strike-slip fault
normal fault
core complex
graben
horst
depression
tectonic and structural features
Matlab code
Digital Image Correlation (DIC) / Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)
PIVlab
Matlab (Mathworks)
Digital Camera
analogue models
top-view photographs
CT scanning images
asthenosphere
lithosphere
EPOS
multi-scale laboratories
rock and melt physics properties
Corresponding MSL vocabulary keywords
plasticine
corundum sand
model surface monitoring (2D)
back-arc basin
camera
ductile deformation
oblique-slip fault
strike-slip fault
normal fault
graben
horst
PIV - PIVlab
Matlab (Mathworks)
asthenosphere
lithosphere
MSL enriched keywords
analogue modelling material
plastic modelling material
synthetic plastic material
plasticine
granular modelling material
natural granular material
corundum sand
Ancillary equipment
model surface monitoring (2D)
tectonic plate boundary
convergent tectonic plate boundary
subduction
back-arc basin
camera
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
Software
digital image correlation (DIC)
particle image velocimetry (PIV)
PIV - PIVlab
Matlab (Mathworks)
Earth's structure
asthenosphere
lithosphere
Apparatus
X-ray tomography
unconsolidated sediment
clastic sediment
sand
viscous modelling material
synthetic viscous material
silicone
silicone oil
Apparatus
analogue modelling
Metadata
MSL enriched sub domains
rock and melt physics
analogue modelling of geologic processes
microscopy and tomography
Resource Type
Source publisher
| Utrecht University |
DOI
| 10.24416/uu01-rmm0h6 |
Creators
| Nemanja Krstekanić |
| Personal |
| Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands | University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Belgrade, Serbia |
Contributors
| Willingshofer, Ernst |
| Personal |
| Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands |
| Auzemery, Antoine |
| Personal |
| Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, GEOPS, Orsay, France | IFP Energies Nouvelles, Rueil Malmaison, France |
| Matenco, Liviu |
| Personal |
| Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands |
| Smits, Jasper |
| Personal |
| Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands |
Citation
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
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Dates
| Issued | 2024-04-15T16:42:02 |
| Updated | 2026-02-04T11:05:24 |
| Collected | 2023-07-18/2023-08-15 |
Language
en
Funding References
| Funder Name | NWO |
Rights
| Name | Open - freely retrievable |
| URI | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| 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/ |
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