Dataset
Data Publication
A database of enhanced-gravity analogue models examining the influence of pre-existing fabrics on the evolution of oblique rift
Zou, Yaoyao | Maestrelli, Daniele | Corti, Giacomo | Del Ventisette, Chiara | Wang, Liang | Shen, Chuanbo
GFZ Data Services
(2023)
Descriptions
This dataset shows the original data of a series of enhanced-gravity (centrifuge) analogue models, which were performed to test the influence of the pre-existing fabrics in the brittle upper crust on the evolution of structures resulting from oblique rifting. The obliquity of the rift (i.e., the angle between the rift axis and the direction of extension) was kept constant at 30° in all the models. The main variable of this experimental series was the orientation of the pre-existing fabrics (indicated as the angle between the trend of the fabric and the orthogonal to extension), which varied from 0° to 90° (i.e., from orthogonal to parallel to the extension direction). The inherited discontinuities were reproduced by cutting with a knife through the top brittle layer of models. An overview of the experimental series is shown in Table 1. In this dataset, four different data types are provided for further analysis: 1) Top-view photos of model deformation, taken at different time intervals 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 analogue models, allowing for quantitative analysis of the fault pattern. 3) Movies of model deformation, built from top-view photos, which help to visualize the evolution of model deformation; 4) Faults line-drawings to be used for statistical quantification of rift-related structures. Further information on the modelling strategy and setup can be found in the publication associated to this dataset and in Corti (2012), Philippon et al. (2015), Maestrelli et al. (2020), Molnar et al. (2020), Zwaan et al. (2021), Zou et al. (2023). Materials used to perform these enhanced-gravity analogue models were described in Montanari et al. (2017), Del Ventisette et al. (2019) and Zwaan et al. (2020).
Keywords
Originally assigned keywords
analogue model
rifting
extension
centrifuge
fault
fault interaction
basin
tectonics
East African Rift System
MER
Kenya Rift
Main Ethiopian Rift
fault kinematic
oblique rifting
inherited structures
inherited fabric
pre-existing structure
EPOS
multi-scale laboratories
analogue models of geologic processes
compound material > composite genesis material
compound material > igneous material
compound material > rock
compound material > sedimentary material
EARTH SCIENCE
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > EARTHQUAKES
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > NEOTECTONICS
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > CRUSTAL MOTION
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > FAULT MOVEMENT
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > FAULT MOVEMENT > FAULT MOVEMENT DIRECTION
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > LITHOSPHERIC PLATE MOTION
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > LITHOSPHERIC PLATE MOTION > PLATE MOTION DIRECTION
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > STRAIN
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > STRESS
EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > HAZARDS MANAGEMENT
equipment
experiment
experiment > simulation
experiment > test
experiment > test > comparative test
Formation of the earth
hazard
In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
Models/Analyses
Models/Analyses > Data Analysis
Phanerozoic
Phanerozoic > Cenozoic
Phanerozoic > Mesozoic
The Present
Corresponding MSL vocabulary keywords
rifting
tectonic plate boundary
equipment
Equipment
Phanerozoic
MSL enriched keywords
tectonic plate boundary
divergent tectonic plate boundary
rifting
equipment
Equipment
Phanerozoic
Earth's structure
Earth crust
upper crust
Metadata
Resource Type
Source
Source publisher
| GFZ Data Services |
DOI
| 10.5880/fidgeo.2023.048 |
Creators
| Zou, Yaoyao |
| Personal |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China |
| Maestrelli, Daniele |
| Personal |
| Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Florence, Italy |
| Corti, Giacomo |
| Personal |
| Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Florence, Italy |
| Del Ventisette, Chiara |
| Personal |
| Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Florence, Italy |
| Wang, Liang |
| Personal |
| Geophysical Exploration Center, China Earthquake Administration, 450002 Zhengzhou, China |
| Shen, Chuanbo |
| Personal |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China |
Contributors
| Zou, Yaoyao |
| Personal |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China |
| Zou, Yaoyao |
| Personal |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China |
| Zou, Yaoyao |
| Personal |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China |
| Zou, Yaoyao |
| Personal |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China |
| Zou, Yaoyao |
| Personal |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China |
| Zou, Yaoyao |
| Personal |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China |
| Maestrelli, Daniele |
| Personal |
| Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Florence, Italy |
| Maestrelli, Daniele |
| Personal |
| Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Florence, Italy |
| Corti, Giacomo |
| Personal |
| Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Florence, Italy |
| Corti, Giacomo |
| Personal |
| Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Florence, Italy |
| Corti, Giacomo |
| Personal |
| Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Florence, Italy |
| Corti, Giacomo |
| Personal |
| Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Florence, Italy |
| Del Ventisette, Chiara |
| Personal |
| Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Florence, Italy |
| Wang, Liang |
| Personal |
| Geophysical Exploration Center, China Earthquake Administration, 450002 Zhengzhou, China |
| Shen, Chuanbo |
| Personal |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China |
| Shen, Chuanbo |
| Personal |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China |
| Shen, Chuanbo |
| Personal |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China |
| TectOnic MOdelling Laboratory (TOOLab) |
| The National Research Council of Italy CNR)-Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (IGG) and Department of Earth Sciences (DST)-University of Florence (UNIFI) |
| Institute Of Geosciences And Earth Resources (IGG) |
| The National Research Council Of Italy (CNR) |
| Personal |
| Department Of Earth Sciences (DST) |
| University Of Florence (UNIFI) |
| Zou, Yaoyao |
| Personal |
| Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China |
Citation
Zou, Y., Maestrelli, D., Corti, G., Del Ventisette, C., Wang, L., & Shen, C. (2023). A database of enhanced-gravity analogue models examining the influence of pre-existing fabrics on the evolution of oblique rift [Data set]. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/FIDGEO.2023.048
References
Dates
| Created | 2023-12-14 |
| Issued | 2023 |
Language
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Funding References
| Funder Name | Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province |
| Funder Identifier | https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003819 |
| Award Number | 2021CFA031 |
| Funder Name | Major National Science and Technology Programs |
| Award Number | 2017ZX05032-002-004 |
| Funder Name | China Scholarship Council |
| Award Number | 202106410031 |
| Funder Name | AAPG Foundation Grants-in-Aid Program |
| Funder Name | Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca |
| Funder Identifier | https://doi.org/10.13039/501100021856 |
| Award Number | 2017P9AT72 |
| Award Title | PRIN 2017 |
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)
The models performed for this experimental series are meant to be compared with the East African Rift System (EARS)