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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-391-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-391-2019
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Control of increased sedimentation on orogenic fold-and-thrust belt structure – insights into the evolution of the Western Alps
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
now at: Department of Geophysics and Space Science, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Ritske S. Huismans
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Peter van der Beek
ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Impact of upper mantle convection on lithosphere hyperextension and subsequent horizontally forced subduction initiation L. Candioti et al.
- Thrust and nappe tectonics in orogenic settings – A historical review S. Nabavi & H. Fossen
- Stress evolution of fault-and-thrust belts in 2D numerical mechanical models F. Lee et al.
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Short summary
We used a 2-D thermomechanical code to simulate the evolution of an orogen. Our aim was to study the interaction between tectonic and surface processes in orogenic forelands. We found that an increase in the sediment input to the foreland results in prolonged activity of the active frontal thrust. Such a scenario could occur naturally as a result of increasing relief in the orogenic hinterland or a change in climatic conditions. We compare our results with observations from the Alps.
We used a 2-D thermomechanical code to simulate the evolution of an orogen. Our aim was to study...