Buckling of the oceanic lithosphere from geophysical data and experiments

Two major hypothesis have been advanced for the formation of the long wavelength (100-300) km undulations of oceanic basement and overlying sediments developed in the central Indian Ocean: whole layer folding (buckling) and local thickening (inverse boudinage). Using appropriately scaled two layer m...

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Main Authors: Bull, Jonathan M. (Author), Martinod, Joseph (Author), Davy, Phillipe (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 1992-06.
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520 |a Two major hypothesis have been advanced for the formation of the long wavelength (100-300) km undulations of oceanic basement and overlying sediments developed in the central Indian Ocean: whole layer folding (buckling) and local thickening (inverse boudinage). Using appropriately scaled two layer models of the oceanic lithosphere comprising a brittle layer overlying a ductile lower layer, we show that buckling of the entire brittle layer is likely to be the mode of deformation. However the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary remains undisturbed. We find a relationship between the thickness of the brittle layer and the wavelength of folding such that the wavelength is 7 times the brittle layer thickness. 
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