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A database of centrifuge analogue models testing the influence of inherited brittle fabrics on continental rifting

Zou, Yaoyao | Maestrelli, Daniele | Corti, Giacomo | Del Ventisette, Chiara | Wang, Liang | Shen, Chuanbo

GFZ Data Services

(2024)

This dataset presents the raw data of an experimental series of analogue models performed to investigate the influence of inherited brittle fabrics on narrow continental rifting. This model series was performed to test the influence of brittle pre-existing fabrics on the rifting deformation by cutting the brittle layer at different orientations with respect to the extension direction. An overview of the experimental series is shown in Table 1. In this dataset we provide four different types of data, that can serve as supporting material and for further analysis: 1) The top-view photos, taken at different steps and showing the deformation process of each model; they can be used to interpret the geometrical characteristics of rift-related faults; 2) Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) used to reconstruct the 3D deformation of the performed analogue models, allowing for quantitative analysis of the fault pattern. 3) Short movies built from top-view photos which help to visualize the evolution of model deformation; 4) line-drawing of fault and fracture patters to be used for fault statistical quantification. Further details on the modelling strategy and setup can be found in Corti (2012), Maestrelli et al. (2020), Molnar et al. (2020), Philippon et al. (2015), Zwaan et al. (2021) and in the publication associated with this dataset. Materials used for these analogue models were described in Montanari et al. (2017) Del Ventisette et al. (2019) and Zwaan et al. (2020).

Keywords


Originally assigned keywords
analogue modelling
rift
East African Rift System
preexisting fabrics
inherited structures
fault reactivation
fault
brittle material
centrifuge
centrifuge model
viscous material
sandbox experiment
physical model
tectonics
Main Ethiopian rift
EPOS
multiscale laboratories
analogue models of geologic processes
analogue modelling results
property data of analogue modelling materials
software tools
rock
sedimentary material
clastic sedimentary material
sediment
sedimentary rock
unconsolidated material
TECTONICS
NEOTECTONICS
PLATE TECTONICS
CRUSTAL MOTION
FAULT MOVEMENT
FAULT MOVEMENT DIRECTION
STRAIN
STRESS
MODELS
geological process
sedimentation geology
lithosphere
earths crust
sedimentary basin
material
properties of materials
research
research project
scientific research
In SituLaboratory Instruments
Data Analysis
ModelsAnalyses
Cenozoic

Corresponding MSL vocabulary keywords
analogue modelling
tectonic fault
tectonic plate boundary
sedimentary rock
strain
strain
Models
lithosphere
Cenozoic

MSL enriched keywords
Apparatus
analogue modelling
tectonic deformation structure
tectonic fault
tectonic plate boundary
sedimentary rock
Measured property
strain
Measured property
strain
Models
Earth's structure
lithosphere
Phanerozoic
Cenozoic
divergent tectonic plate boundary
rifting

MSL original sub domains

analogue modelling of geologic processes

MSL enriched sub domains i

analogue modelling of geologic processes
rock and melt physics


Source publisher

GFZ Data Services


DOI

10.5880/fidgeo.2022.043


Authors

Zou, Yaoyao

0000-0002-0280-8172

China University of Geosciences: Wuhan, Hubei, CN

Maestrelli, Daniele

0000-0002-3527-2394

National Research Council of Italy; Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (CNR-IGG), Florence, Italy

Corti, Giacomo

0000-0001-7399-4438

National Research Council of Italy; Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (CNR-IGG), Florence, Italy

Del Ventisette, Chiara

0000-0003-2429-7710

University of Florence; Department of Earth Sciences, Florence, Italy

Wang, Liang

Geophysical Exploration Center, China Earthquake Administration, Zhengzhou, China

Shen, Chuanbo

0000-0001-5641-9714

Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, China University of Geosciences, MOE, Wuhan, Hubei, CN


References

Corti, G. (2012). Evolution and characteristics of continental rifting: Analog modeling-inspired view and comparison with examples from the East African Rift System. Tectonophysics, 522–523, 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2011.06.010

10.1016/j.tecto.2011.06.010

References

Del Ventisette, C., Bonini, M., Agostini, A., Corti, G., Maestrelli, D., & Montanari, D. (2019). Using different grain-size granular mixtures (quartz and K-feldspar sand) in analogue extensional models. Journal of Structural Geology, 129, 103888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2019.103888

10.1016/j.jsg.2019.103888

References

Donnadieu, F., Kelfoun, K., van Wyk de Vries, B., Cecchi, E., & Merle, O. (2003). Digital photogrammetry as a tool in analogue modelling: applications to volcano instability. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 123(1–2), 161–180. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0377-0273(03)00034-9

10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00034-9

References

Healy, D., Rizzo, R. E., Cornwell, D. G., Farrell, N. J. C., Watkins, H., Timms, N. E., Gomez-Rivas, E., & Smith, M. (2017). FracPaQ: A MATLAB™ toolbox for the quantification of fracture patterns. Journal of Structural Geology, 95, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2016.12.003

10.1016/j.jsg.2016.12.003

References

Maestrelli, D., Montanari, D., Corti, G., Del Ventisette, C., Moratti, G., & Bonini, M. (2020). Exploring the Interactions Between Rift Propagation and Inherited Crustal Fabrics Through Experimental Modeling. Tectonics, 39(12). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020tc006211

10.1029/2020TC006211

References

Molnar, N., Cruden, A., & Betts, P. (2020). The role of inherited crustal and lithospheric architecture during the evolution of the Red Sea: Insights from three dimensional analogue experiments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 544, 116377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116377

10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116377

References

Montanari, D., Agostini, A., Bonini, M., Corti, G., & Ventisette, C. (2017). The Use of Empirical Methods for Testing Granular Materials in Analogue Modelling. Materials, 10(6), 635. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10060635

10.3390/ma10060635

References

Philippon, M., Willingshofer, E., Sokoutis, D., Corti, G., Sani, F., Bonini, M., & Cloetingh, S. (2015). Slip re-orientation in oblique rifts. Geology, 43(2), 147–150. https://doi.org/10.1130/g36208.1

10.1130/g36208.1

References

Zwaan, F., Chenin, P., Erratt, D., Manatschal, G., & Schreurs, G. (2021). Competition between 3D structural inheritance and kinematics during rifting: Insights from analogue models. Basin Research, 34(2), 824–854. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12642

10.1111/bre.12642

References

Zwaan, F., Corti, G., Keir, D., & Sani, F. (2020). Analogue modelling of marginal flexure in Afar, East Africa: Implications for passive margin formation. Tectonophysics, 796, 228595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228595

10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228595

References

Zou, Y., Maestrelli, D., Corti, G., Del Ventisette, C., Wang, L., & Shen, C. (2023). Influence of Inherited Brittle Fabrics on Continental Rifting: Insights From Centrifuge Experimental Modeling and Application to the East African Rift System. Tectonics, 43(1). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023tc007947

10.1029/2023TC007947

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Contact

Zou, Yaoyao

yaoyaozou@cug.edu.cn

Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources of the Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences


Citiation

Zou, Y., Maestrelli, D., Corti, G., Del Ventisette, C., Wang, L., & Shen, C. (2023). A database of centrifuge analogue models testing the influence of inherited brittle fabrics on continental rifting [Data set]. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/FIDGEO.2022.043


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