Insights into the effects of oblique extension on continental rift interaction from 3D analogue and numerical models

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• 作者：Frank Zwaan^a ; ^{frank.zwaan@geo.unibe.ch} ; Guido Schreurs^a ; John Naliboff^b ; Susanne J.H. Buiter^b ; ^c
• 关键词：Oblique extension ; Analogue modelling ; Numerical modelling ; Continental rifting ; Transfer zones ; Accommodation zones
• 刊名：Tectonophysics
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：14 December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：693
• 期：part_PB
• 页码：239-260
• 全文大小：6306 K
• 卷排序：693

文摘

Oblique extension and rift offset control how rifts interact and connect. Decreasing rift offset and increasing obliquity promote hard linkage. Soft linkage is more likely at increasing rift offsets and lower obliquity. Our models reproduce several characteristics observed in natural settings.