Mode of lithospheric extension: Conceptual models from analogue modeling
International audience Comparison of analogue experiments at crustal and lithospheric scale provides essential information concerning the mode of deformation during lithospheric extension. This study shows that during extension, lithospheric deformation is controlled by the development of shear zone...
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ftclermontuniv:oai:HAL:hal-01242830v1 2023-06-11T04:14:37+02:00 Mode of lithospheric extension: Conceptual models from analogue modeling Michon, Laurent Merle, Olivier Laboratoire GéoSciences Réunion (LGSR) Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPG Paris) The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans (LMV) Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand (OPGC) Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2003 https://hal.science/hal-01242830 https://hal.science/hal-01242830/document https://hal.science/hal-01242830/file/2003-Tectonics-2003.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2002TC001435 en eng HAL CCSD American Geophysical Union (AGU) info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1029/2002TC001435 hal-01242830 https://hal.science/hal-01242830 https://hal.science/hal-01242830/document https://hal.science/hal-01242830/file/2003-Tectonics-2003.pdf doi:10.1029/2002TC001435 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0278-7407 EISSN: 1944-9194 Tectonics https://hal.science/hal-01242830 Tectonics, 2003, 22 (4), pp.1028. ⟨10.1029/2002TC001435⟩ Lithospheric extension Analogue modeling West European rift Red Sea rift Passive margins [SDU.STU.TE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Tectonics [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2003 ftclermontuniv https://doi.org/10.1029/2002TC001435 2023-05-02T22:48:22Z International audience Comparison of analogue experiments at crustal and lithospheric scale provides essential information concerning the mode of deformation during lithospheric extension. This study shows that during extension, lithospheric deformation is controlled by the development of shear zones in the ductile parts. At lithospheric scale, the global deformation is initiated by the rupture of the brittle mantle lithosphere. This failure generates the formation of conjugate and opposite shear zones in the lower crust and the ductile mantle lithosphere. The analysis of the internal strain of the ductile layers suggests that the two opposite shear zones located below the asymmetric graben in the lower crust and the ductile mantle lithosphere prevail. Experiments show that from a similar initial stage, the relative predominance of these shear zones originates two different modes of deformation. If the crustal shear zone prevails, a major detachment-like structure crosscuts the whole lithosphere and controls its thinning. In this model named the simple shear mode, the resulting geometry shows that crustal and lithospheric thinning are laterally shifted. If the mantle shear zone predominates, the lithospheric thinning is induced by the coeval activity of the two main shear zones. This process called the necking mode leads to the vertical superposition of crustal and mantle lithospheric thinning. Applied to natural laboratories (West European rift, Red Sea rift and North Atlantic), this conceptual model allows a plausible explanation of the different geometries and evolutions described in these provinces. The North Atlantic and the Red Sea rift systems may result from a simple shear mode, whereas the necking mode may explain part of the evolution of the West European rift especially in the Massif Central and the Eger graben. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic HAL Clermont Auvergne (Université Blaise Pascal Clermont-Ferrand/Université d'Auvergne) Tectonics 22 4 n/a n/a |
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International audience Comparison of analogue experiments at crustal and lithospheric scale provides essential information concerning the mode of deformation during lithospheric extension. This study shows that during extension, lithospheric deformation is controlled by the development of shear zones in the ductile parts. At lithospheric scale, the global deformation is initiated by the rupture of the brittle mantle lithosphere. This failure generates the formation of conjugate and opposite shear zones in the lower crust and the ductile mantle lithosphere. The analysis of the internal strain of the ductile layers suggests that the two opposite shear zones located below the asymmetric graben in the lower crust and the ductile mantle lithosphere prevail. Experiments show that from a similar initial stage, the relative predominance of these shear zones originates two different modes of deformation. If the crustal shear zone prevails, a major detachment-like structure crosscuts the whole lithosphere and controls its thinning. In this model named the simple shear mode, the resulting geometry shows that crustal and lithospheric thinning are laterally shifted. If the mantle shear zone predominates, the lithospheric thinning is induced by the coeval activity of the two main shear zones. This process called the necking mode leads to the vertical superposition of crustal and mantle lithospheric thinning. Applied to natural laboratories (West European rift, Red Sea rift and North Atlantic), this conceptual model allows a plausible explanation of the different geometries and evolutions described in these provinces. The North Atlantic and the Red Sea rift systems may result from a simple shear mode, whereas the necking mode may explain part of the evolution of the West European rift especially in the Massif Central and the Eger graben. |
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Laboratoire GéoSciences Réunion (LGSR) Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPG Paris) The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans (LMV) Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand (OPGC) Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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