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Special issues

Analogue modelling of basin inversion, Solid Earth, Vol. 13/14 (2022/23)

Style of deformation and tectono-sedimentary evolution of fold-and-thrust belts and foreland basins: from nature to models, Tectonophysics, Vol. 767 (2019)

GeoMod 2014 – Modelling in Geoscience, Tectonophysics, Vol. 684 (2016)

Tectonics of oblique plate boundary systems, Tectonophysics, Vol. 693 (2016)

 

Preprints

Ge et al.: How Topographic Slopes Control Gravity Spreading in Salt-bearing Passive Margins: Insights from Analogue Modelling, ESSOAr,https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10506599.3

Peschka & Rosenau: Two-phase flows for sedimentation of suspensions, WIAS Preprint No. 2743, http://dx.doi.org/10.20347/WIAS.PREPRINT.2743

Rosenau et al.: Creep on seismogenic faults: Insights from analogue earthquake experiments, EarthArXiv,https://dx.doi.org/10.31223/osf.io/24u5h

 

*Guest publications (studies supported by access to or services by HelTec infrastructure)

**Collaborative publications (studies performed mainly in partner lab)

 

2024

Liu et al. (2024): Fault networks in triaxial tectonic settings: Analogue modeling of distributed continental extension with lateral shortening, Tectonics, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023TC008127 (in press)

**Corbi et al. (2024): Asperity size and neighboring segments can change the frictional response and fault slip behavior: insights from laboratory experiments and numerical simulations, J. Geophys. Res.,https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB026594 (open access article)

2023

Kosari et al. (2023): Along-strike seismotectonic segmentation reflecting megathrust seismogenic behavior. Geology 2023; doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G51115.1 >preprint@EarthArXiv

Rudolf et al. (2023): Time-dependent Frictional Properties of Granular Materials Used In Analogue Modelling: Implications for mimicking fault healing during reactivation and inversion, Solid Earth, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-311-2023 (open access article)

2022

Zwaan et al. (2022): Analogue modelling of basin inversion: a review and future perspectives, Solid Earth https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1859-2022 (open access article)

Elger et al. (2022): The EPOS Multi-Scale Laboratories: A FAIR Framework for stimulating Open Science practice across European Earth Sciences Laboratories, Ann. Geoph. ,https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-8790 (open access article)

Kosari et al. (2022): Upper plate response to a sequential elastic rebound and slab acceleration during laboratory-scale subduction megathrust earthquakes. J. Geophys. Res.,https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024143 (open access article)

Kosari et al. (2022): Strain signals governed by frictional-elastoplastic interaction of the upper plate and shallow subduction megathrust interface over seismic cycles, Tectonics, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021TC007099 (open access article)

**Mastella et al. (2022): Forecasting surface velocity fields associated with laboratory seismic cycles using Deep Learning, Geoph. Res. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099632 (open access article)

**Mastella et al. (2022): Foamquake: a novel analog model mimicking megathrust seismic cycles, J. Geoph. Res., https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022789

2021

Rudolf et al. (2021): The spectrum of slip behaviours of a granular fault gouge analogue governed by rate and state friction, Geoch. Geoph. Geos., https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC009825 (open access article)

Osagiede et al. (2021): Influence of zones of pre-existing crustal weakness on strain localization and partitioning during rifting: Insights from analogue mode ling using high resolution 3D digital image correlation, Tectonics, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021TC006970 (open access article)

Michail et al. (2021): Shape of plutons in crustal shear zones: A tectono-magmatic guide based on analogue models, J. Struct. Geol., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2021.104417 >preprint@EarthArXiv

Haug et al. (2021): Runout of rock avalanches limited by basal friction but controlled by fragmentation, Earth Surf. Dynam., https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-665-2021 (open access article)

**Zwaan et al. (2021): How initial basin geometry influences gravity-driven salt tectonics: insights from laboratory experiments, Mar. Petrol. Geol., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105195 (open access article)

**Poppe et al. (2021): Mechanical properties of quartz sand and gypsum powder (plaster) mixtures: Implications for laboratory model analogues for the Earth’s upper crust, Tectonophysics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228976 >preprint@EarthArXiv

*Schmid et al. (2021): Characteristics of continental rifting in rotational systems: New findings from spatiotemporal high resolution quantified crustal scale analogue models, Tectonophysics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.229174 (open access article)

2020

Funiciello et al. (2020): Analysis of global-scale and experimental data to unravel the seismic behaviour of the subduction megathrust, Front. Earth Sci., https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.600152 (open access article)

Kosari et al. (2020): On the relationship between offshore geodetic coverage and slip model uncertainty: Analog megathrust earthquake case studies, Geoph. Res. Lett,https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL088266(open access article)

**Corbi et al. (2020): Predicting imminence of analog megathrust earthquakes with Machine Learning: Implications for monitoring subduction zones. Geoph. Res. Lett. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086615 (open access article)

**Zwaan et al. (2020): Rift propagation in rotational versus orthogonal extension: insights from 4D analogue models, J. Struct. Geol.,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2019.103946

*Zorn et al. (2020): Insights into lava dome and spine extrusion using analogue sandbox experiments, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116571

2019

Ge et al. (2019): Progressive tilting of salt-bearing continental margins controls thin-skinned deformation. Geology, https://doi.org/10.1130/G46485.1 (open access article)

Ge et al. (2019): Overprinting translational domains in passive margin salt basins: Insights from analogue modelling, Solid Earth, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1283-2019 (open access article)

Lacombe et al. (2019): Style of deformation and tectono-sedimentary evolution of fold-and-thrust belts and foreland basins: From nature to models, Tectonophysics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2019.228163.

Rosenau et al. (2019): Synchronization of great subduction megathrust earthquakes: Insights from scale model analysis. J. Geoph. Res.,https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB016597 >copy@GFZPublic

Rudolf et al. (2019): Smart speed imaging in Digital Image Correlation: Application to seismotectonic scale modelling, Front. Earth Sci.https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00248 (open access article)

**Corbi et al. (2019): Machine Learning can predict the timing and size of analog earthquakes. Geoph. Res. Lett.https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081251 >copy@GFZPublic

2018

Li et al. (2018): Spatiotemporal variation of mantle viscosity and the presence of cratonic mantle inferred from eight years of postseismic deformation following the 2010 Maule Chile earthquake, Geoch. Geoph. Geosys. , https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GC007645 >copy@GFZpublic

Albert et al. (2018): Material transfer and subduction channel segmentation at erosive continental margins: Insights from scaled analogue experiments, Tectonophysics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2018.10.019

Ritter et al. (2018): Growing Faults in the Lab: Insights into the Scale Dependence of the Fault Zone Evolution Process, Tectonics, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017TC004787 >copy@GFZpublic

Ritter et al. (2018): Sandbox rheometry: Co-evolution of stress and strain in Riedel– and Critical Wedge–experiments, Tectonophysics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2017.11.018

 2017

Rosenau et al. (2017): Analogue earthquakes and seismic cycles: Experimental modelling across timescales, Solid Earth, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-597-2017 (open access article)

Li et al. (2017): Postseismic uplift of the Andes following the 2010 Maule earthquake: Implications for mantle rheology, Geoph. Res. Lett.https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071995 >copy@GFZpublic

**Corbi et al. (2017): Control of asperities size and spacing on seismic behavior of subduction megathrusts, Geoph. Res. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074182 >copy@GFZpublic

*de Zeeuw-van Dalfsen et al. (2017): Geomorphology and structural development of the nested summit crater of Láscar Volcano studied with Terrestrial Laser Scanner data and analogue modelling, J. Volc. Geoth. Res.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2016.09.018

2016

Rosenau et al. (2016): Experimental Tectonics: Convergent Plate Margins, Ref. Mod. Earth Syst. Env. Sci.,http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.09497-5

Ritter et al. (2016): Scaling the Sand Box - Mechanical (Dis-) Similarities of Granular Materials and Brittle Rock, J. Geoph. Res., https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JB012915 >copy@GFZpublic

Haug et al. (2016): On the Energy Budgets of Fragmenting Rockfalls and Rockslides: Insights from Experiments, J. Geoph. Res., https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JF003406 >copy@GFZpublic

Leever & Oncken (2016), GeoMod 2014 – Modelling in geoscience, Tectonophysics, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.06.034

Díaz-Azpiroz et al. (2016): Tectonics of oblique plate boundary systems. Tectonophysics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.07.028

Schreurs et al. (2016): Benchmarking analogue models of brittle thrust wedges, J. Struct. Geol., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2016.03.005

Klinkmüller et al. (2016):Properties of granular analogue materials: A community wide survey, Tectonophysics, 666, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.01.017 >preprint@GFZpublic

Pipping et al. (2016): On the efficient and reliable numerical solution of rate-and-state friction problems, Geoph. J. Int., https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggv512 >copy@GFZpublic

Rudolf et al. (2016): Rheological benchmark of silicone oils used for analog modeling of short- and long-term lithospheric deformation, Tectonophysics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2015.11.028

2015

Santimano et al. (2015): Intrinsic versus extrinsic variability of analogue sand-box experiments - Insights from statistical analysis of repeated accretionary sand wedge experiments, J. Struct. Geol., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2015.03.008

Di Giuseppe et al. (2015): Characterization of Carbopol hydrogel rheology for experimental tectonics and geodynamics, Tectonophysics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2014.12.005

Li et al. (2015): Revisiting viscoelastic effects on interseismic deformation and locking degree: A case study of the Peru-North Chile subduction zone, J. Geoph. Res., https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JB011903 >copy@GFZpublic

Warsitzka et al. (2015): Analogue experiments of salt flow and pillow growth due to basement faulting and differential loading, Solid Earth, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-9-2015 (open access article)

2014

Haug et al. (2014): Modelling Fragmentation in Rock Avalanches. In: Landslide Science for a Safer Geoenvironment, Volume 2: Methods of Landslide Studies, K. Sassa, P. Canuti, Y. Yin (eds.), Springer International Publishing, Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05050-8_16

Leever et al. (2014): The Science Behind Laboratory-Scale Models of the Earth, Eos Trans. AGU, https://doi.org/10.1002/2014EO030008

Li et al. (2014): Splay fault triggering by great subduction earthquakes inferred from finite element models, Geoph. Res. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1002/2013GL058598

**Boutelier et al. (2014): Trench-parallel shortening in the forearc caused by subduction along a seaward-concave plate boundary: Insights from analogue modelling experiments, Tectonophysics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2013.11.028

*Le Corvec et al. (2014): Experimental study of the interplay between magmatic rift intrusion and flank instability with application to the 2001 Mount Etna eruption, J. Geoph. Res., https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JB011224

*Kervyn et al. (2014): Directional flank spreading at Mount Cameroon volcano: Evidence from analogue modeling, J. Geoph. Res., https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JB011330

 2013

Bedford et al. (2013): A high-resolution, time-variable afterslip model for the 2010 Maule Mw = 8.8, Chile megathrust earthquake, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.09.020

Krawczyk et al. (2013): Seismic imaging of sandbox experiments - laboratory hardware setup and first reflection seismic sections, Solid Earth, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-4-93-2013

Warsitzka et al. (2013): Salt diapirism driven by differential loading - Some insights from analogue modelling, Tectonophysics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2011.11.018

**Boutelier & Cruden (2013): Slab rollback rate and trench curvature controlled by arc deformation, Geology, https://doi.org/10.1130/G34338.1

*Holohan et al. (2013): Origins of oblique-slip faulting during caldera subsidence, J. Geoph. Res. , https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrb.50057

2012

Boutelier et al. (2012): Fore-arc deformation at the transition between collision and subduction: Insights from 3-D thermomechanical laboratory experiments, Tectonics, https://doi.org/10.1029/2011TC003060

Moreno et al. (2012): Toward understanding tectonic control on the Mw 8.8 2010 Maule Chile earthquake, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., http://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.006

Schurr et al. (2012): The 2007 M7.7 Tocopilla northern Chile earthquake sequence: Implications for along-strike and downdip rupture segmentation and megathrust frictional behavior, J. Geoph. Res.https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JB009030

*Baba, H. O., and S. Peth (2012), Large scale soil box test to investigate soil deformation and creep movement on slopes by Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), Soil & Till. Res., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2012.05.021

2011

Moreno et al. (2011): Heterogeneous plate locking in the South-Central Chile subduction zone: Building up the next great earthquake, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2011.03.025

Boutelier & Oncken (2011): 3-D thermo-mechanical laboratory modeling of plate-tectonics: modeling scheme, technique and first experiments, Solid Earth, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2-35-2011

Contardo et al. (2011): Material transfer and its influence on the formation of slope basins along the South Central Chilean convergent margin: Insights from scaled sandbox experiments, Tectonophysics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2011.09.016

Reiter et al. (2011): The interaction of two indenters in analogue experiments and implications for curved fold-and-thrust belts, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.002

2010

Moreno et al. (2010): 2010 Maule earthquake slip correlates with pre-seismic locking of Andean subduction zone. Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09349

Boutelier & Oncken (2010): Role of the plate margin curvature in the plateau buildup: Consequences for the central Andes, J. Geoph. Res., https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JB006296

Rosenau et al. (2010): Experimental insights into the scaling and variability of local tsunamis triggered by giant subduction megathrust earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JB007100

*Burchardt & Walter (2010): Propagation, linkage, and interaction of caldera ring-faults: comparison between analogue experiments and caldera collapse at Miyakejima, Japan, in 2000, Bull. Volc., https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-009-0321-7

2009

Buddensiek et al. (2009): Performance of piezoelectric transducers in terms of amplitude and waveform, Geophysics, https://doi.org/10.1190/1.3072619

Rosenau & Oncken (2009): Fore-arc deformation controls frequency-size distribution of megathrust earthquakes in subduction zones, J. Geoph. Res., https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JB006359

Rosenau et al. (2009): Shocks in a box: An analogue model of subduction earthquake cycles with application to seismotectonic forearc evolution, J. Geoph. Res., https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JB005665

*Le Corvec & Walter (2009): Volcano spreading and fault interaction influenced by rift zone intrusions: Insights from analogue experiments analyzed with digital image correlation technique, J. Volc. Geoth. Res., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.02.006

2008

Cailleau & Oncken (2008): Past forearc deformation in Nicaragua and coupling at the megathrust interface: Evidence for subduction retreat? Geoch. Geoph. Geos.,https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GC001754

Hoth et al. (2008): Distant effects in bivergent orogenic belts — How retro-wedge erosion triggers resource formation in pro-foreland basins, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2008.05.033

2007

Hoth et al. (2007): Frontal accretion: An internal clock for bivergent wedge deformation and surface uplift, J. Geoph. Res., https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JB004357

Kenkmann et al. (2007): Coupled effects of impact and orogeny: Is the marine Lockne crater, Sweden, pristine?, Meteor. Planet. Sci., https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00556.x

2006

Hoth et al. (2006): Influence of erosion on the kinematics of bivergent orogens: Results from scaled sandbox simulations – In: Willett, S.D., Hovius, N., Brandon, M.T., Fischer, D. (Eds.), Tectonics, Climate, and Landscape evolution: Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Pup., https://doi.org/10.1130/2006.2398(12)

Lohrmann et al. (2006): Subduction channel evolution in britle fore-arc wedges -a combined study with scaled sandbox experiments, seismological and reflection seismic data and geological field evidence, In: The Andes – active subduction orogeny (eds: Oncken et al.), Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 237-262, Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48684-8_11

Schreurs et al. (2006): Analogue benchmarks of shortening and extension experiments. Geol. Soc. London Spec. Pub., https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.01

*Panien et al. (2006): Mechanical behaviour of granular materials used in analogue modelling: insights from grain characterisation, ring-shear tests and analogue experiments, J. Struct. Geol., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2006.05.004

2005

Adam et al. (2005): Shear localisation and strain distribution during tectonic faulting - New insights from granular-flow experiments and high-resolution optical image correlation techniques, J. Struct. Geol., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2004.08.008

Vietor & Oncken (2005): Controls on the shape and kinematics of the Central Andean plateau flanks: Insights from numerical modeling, Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2005.06.004

2004

Hampel et al. (2004): Response of the tectonically erosive south Peruvian forearc to subduction of the Nazca Ridge: Analysis of three-dimensional analogue experiments, Tectonics, https://doi.org/10.1029/2003TC001585

2003

Lohrmann (2003): The impact of analogue material properties on the geometry, kinematics, and dynamics of convergent sand wedges, J. Struct. Geol., https://doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8141(03)00005-1

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