Title :

Experimental modelling of orogenic wedges: A review

Author(s) :

Graveleau, Fabien [Auteur]
Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG) - UMR 8187 [LOG]
Université de Lille
Malavieille, Jacques [Auteur]
Dynamique de la Lithosphere
Dominguez, Stéphane [Auteur]
Risques [Géosciences Montpellier]

Journal title :

Tectonophysics

Pages :

1-66

Publisher :

Elsevier

Publication date :

2012-05-04

ISSN :

0040-1951

English keyword(s) :

Experimental modelling
Accretionary wedge
Relief dynamics
Sandbox

HAL domain(s) :

Planète et Univers [physics]/Sciences de la Terre/Tectonique
Sciences de l'environnement/Milieux et Changements globaux

English abstract : [en]

Experimental modelling applied to the study of orogenic wedge dynamics has been a subject of fruitful research for more than 30 years, although the technique dates back as far as the early XIXth century. On one hand, several ...
Show more >Experimental modelling applied to the study of orogenic wedge dynamics has been a subject of fruitful research for more than 30 years, although the technique dates back as far as the early XIXth century. On one hand, several first order parameters controlling the structural evolution of mountain belts have been intensively investigated using the classic tectonic "sandbox" models. The main parameters are the properties of the basal décollement, the deforming material, the backstop, and fluxes, kinematics and surface processes. On the other hand, the morphological evolution of a mountain relief subjected to changing tectonic or climatic forcing has been addressed using another kind of approach called "geomorphic" models. Nowadays, the literature is extremely rich, particularly for the sandbox technique, so that it becomes difficult to have an exhaustive view of the effects of the above parameters on mountain evolution. In this article, we propose a detailed review of the main results obtained using both "tectonic" and "geomorphic" approaches. Our goal is to provide an almost complete state-of-the-art in the experimental study of relief dynamics to guide present and future researchers in their understanding of mountain belt evolution.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

• Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG) - UMR 8187

Source :

Harvested from HAL