Experimental modelling of orogenic wedges: A review

F Graveleau, J Malavieille, S Dominguez - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
Experimental modelling applied to the study of orogenic wedge dynamics has been a
subject of fruitful research for more than 30years, although the technique dates back as far …

Impact of an interbedded viscous décollement on the structural and kinematic coupling in fold-and-thrust belts: Insights from analogue modeling

S Borderie, F Graveleau, C Witt, BC Vendeville - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Fold-and-thrust belts (FTBs) can be segmented both across and along strike because of
various factors including tectonic and stratigraphic inheritance. In this study, we investigated …

Benchmarking numerical models of brittle thrust wedges

SJH Buiter, G Schreurs, M Albertz, TV Gerya… - Journal of Structural …, 2016 - Elsevier
We report quantitative results from three brittle thrust wedge experiments, comparing
numerical results directly with each other and with corresponding analogue results. We first …

A continuum meshfree method for sandbox-style numerical modeling of accretionary and doubly vergent wedges

EM del Castillo, AHF Neto, RI Borja - Journal of Structural Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study we introduce and utilize GEOSPH, a Lagrangian particle-based continuum
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) code to simulate the deformation of geologic …

High‐resolution 3D numerical modeling of thrust wedges: Influence of décollement strength on transfer zones

JB Ruh, T Gerya, JP Burg - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The mechanics and dynamics of thin‐skinned compressible thrust wedges with prescribed
offsets in the backstop, ie, transfer zones, are investigated using a three‐dimensional finite …

Double evaporitic décollements: Influence of pinch-out overlapping in experimental thrust wedges

P Santolaria, BC Vendeville, F Graveleau… - Journal of Structural …, 2015 - Elsevier
This article focuses on how deformation and displacements are transferred between two
décollements located at different stratigraphic levels by means of analogue modeling using …

[PDF][PDF] 陆内山前冲断结构分带的构造物理模拟实验

赵利, 廖宗廷, 徐旭辉, 方成名, 陆建林 - 石油实验地质, 2019 - sysydz.net
冲断带物理模拟实验的现有模型无法模拟完整变形带, 不完全符合中国复合陆内冲断的构造背景
. 通过设计具有横向, 垂向流变差异的“挤压—碰撞” 模型, 模拟了冲断结构的分带特征和过渡带内 …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of basement step/topography on the geometry of the Zagros fold and thrust belt (SW Iran): an analog modeling approach

A Farzipour-Saein, F Nilfouroushan, H Koyi - International Journal of Earth …, 2013 - Springer
Systematic analog models are run to study the variation in deformation across basement
steps in the Zagros fold-thrust belt. Our model results demonstrate that basement …

Thermal‐mechanical modeling of salt‐based mountain belts with pre‐existing basement faults: Application to the Zagros fold and thrust belt, southwest Iran

F Nilfouroushan, R Pysklywec, A Cruden, H Koyi - Tectonics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Two‐dimensional thermal‐mechanical models of thick‐skinned, salt‐based fold and thrust
belts, such as the Zagros, SW Iran, are used to address:(1) the degree of deformation and …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of multiple décollement and cover rock rheology on the structural evolution of thin-skinned fold-and-thrust belts: insights from discrete element …

N Eslamirezaei, SA Alavi… - Comptes …, 2023 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
Résumé A variety of thin-skinned fold-and-thrust belts are associated with multiple
décollements, which have low frictional basal and intermediate décollements related to …