A novel method for analogue modelling of lithospheric-scale rifting, monitored through X-Ray CT-scanning, at the University of Bern Tectonic Modelling Laboratory (Switzerland)

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

Zwaan, F., & Schreurs, G. (2023). Analog Models of Lithospheric‐Scale Rifting Monitored in an X‐Ray CT Scanner. Tectonics, 42(3). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022tc007291

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Adam, J., Klinkmüller, M., Schreurs, G., & Wieneke, B. (2013). Quantitative 3D strain analysis in analogue experiments simulating tectonic deformation: Integration of X-ray computed tomography and digital volume correlation techniques. Journal of Structural Geology, 55, 127–149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2013.07.011

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Zwaan, Frank

frank.zwaan@gfz-potsdam.de

GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, potsdam, Germany