Oroclines, their scale and tectonic requirements: Insights from thermo-mechanical analogue models

We use scaled 3-D thermo-mechanical analogue models to investigate the formation of oroclines (originally linear orogens now curved in map view by buckling about vertical axes). The experimental setup consists of a tank of water (the asthenosphere) on top of which rest hydrocarbon plates (the lithos...

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Main Author: Gagnon, Laurence
Other Authors: Johnston, Stephen T.
Language:English
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Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5174