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Data Publication

A database of R-R-R triple junction analogue and numerical models

Maestrelli, Daniele | Risaliti, Giacomo | Brune, Sascha | Corti, Giacomo | Keir, Derek | Sani, Federico

GFZ Data Services

(2022)

This dataset presents the raw data from two experimental series of analogue models and four numerical models performed to investigate Rift-Rift-Rift triple junction dynamics, supporting the modelling results described in the submitted paper. Numerical models were run in order to support the outcomes obtained from the analogue models. Our experimental series tested the case of a totally symmetric RRR junction (with rift branch angles trending at 120° and direction of stretching similarly trending at 120°; SY Series) or a less symmetric triple junction (with rift branches trending at 120° but with one of these experiencing orthogonal extension; OR Series), and testing the role of a single or two phases of extension coupled with effect of differential velocities between the three moving plates. An overview of the performed analogue and numerical models is provided in Table 1. Analogue models have been analysed quantitatively by means of photogrammetric reconstruction of Digital Elevation Model (DEM) used for 3D quantification of the deformation, and top-view photo analysis for qualitative descriptions. The analogue materials used in the setup of these models are described in Montanari et al. (2017), Del Ventisette et al. (2019) and Maestrelli et al. (2020). Numerical models were run with the finite element software ASPECT (e.g., Kronbichler et al., 2012; Heister et al., 2017; Rose et al., 2017).

Keywords


Originally assigned keywords
tectonics
solid Earth
triple junctions
analogue modelling
physical modelling
numerical modelling
Digital Elevation Models
photogrammetry
faults
faulting
stress
strain
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
Main Ethiopian Rift
Afar
EPOS
multiscale laboratories
analogue models of geologic processes
property data of analogue modelling materials
analogue modelling results
software tools
igneous material
rock
sedimentary material
SOLID EARTH
TECTONICS
EARTHQUAKES
PLATE TECTONICS
CRUSTAL MOTION
FAULT MOVEMENT
LITHOSPHERIC PLATE MOTION
PLATE BOUNDARIES
STRAIN
STRESS
DIGITAL ELEVATIONDIGITAL TERRAIN MODELS
GEOLOGICTECTONICPALEOCLIMATE MODELS
experiment
laboratory experiment
modelling
model
geological process
earthquake
monitoring
monitoring technique
pixel
raster
resolution parameter
research
research project
scientific research
science
natural science
geology
geophysics
In SituLaboratory Instruments
ModelsAnalyses
Phanerozoic

Corresponding MSL vocabulary keywords
tectonic plate boundary
analogue modelling
photogrammetry
strain
strain
tectonic fault
Phanerozoic

MSL enriched keywords
tectonic plate boundary
Apparatus
analogue modelling
Ancillary equipment
model surface monitoring (2D)
photogrammetry
Measured property
strain
Measured property
strain
tectonic deformation structure
tectonic fault
Phanerozoic

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.2022.027


Authors

Maestrelli, Daniele

0000-0002-3527-2394

CNR-IGG, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Firenze, Italy

Risaliti, Giacomo

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy

Brune, Sascha

0000-0003-4985-1810

GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

Corti, Giacomo

0000-0001-7399-4438

CNR-IGG, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Firenze, Italy

Keir, Derek

0000-0001-8787-8446

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy

Sani, Federico

0000-0001-8832-1471

CNR-IGG, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Firenze, Italy


References

Maestrelli, D., Brune, S., Corti, G., Keir, D., Muluneh, A. A., & Sani, F. (2022). Analog and Numerical Modeling of Rift‐Rift‐Rift Triple Junctions. Tectonics, 41(10). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022tc007491

10.1029/2022TC007491

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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

Cites

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

Cites

Heister, T., Dannberg, J., Gassmöller, R., & Bangerth, W. (2017). High accuracy mantle convection simulation through modern numerical methods – II: realistic models and problems. Geophysical Journal International, 210(2), 833–851. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggx195

10.1093/gji/ggx195

Cites

Kronbichler, M., Heister, T., & Bangerth, W. (2012). High accuracy mantle convection simulation through modern numerical methods. Geophysical Journal International, 191(1), 12–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246x.2012.05609.x

10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05609.x

Cites

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

Cites

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

Cites

Rose, I., Buffett, B., & Heister, T. (2017). Stability and accuracy of free surface time integration in viscous flows. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 262, 90–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2016.11.007

10.1016/j.pepi.2016.11.007

Cites


Contact

Maestrelli, Daniele

daniele.maestrelli@gmail.com

The National Research Council of Italy (IGG-CNR)


Citiation

Maestrelli, D., Risaliti, G., Brune, S., Corti, G., Keir, D., & Sani, F. (2022). A database of R-R-R triple junction analogue and numerical models [Data set]. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/FIDGEO.2022.027


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