Contribution of gravity gliding in salt-bearing rift basins – a new experimental setup for simulating salt tectonics under the influence of sub-salt extension and tilting

Warsitzka, Michael; Závada, Prokop; Jähne-Klingberg, Fabian; Krzywiec, Piotr

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1987-2021

Articles | Volume 12, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1987-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1987-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 8

Method article

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30 Aug 2021

Method article |

| 30 Aug 2021

Contribution of gravity gliding in salt-bearing rift basins – a new experimental setup for simulating salt tectonics under the influence of sub-salt extension and tilting

Michael Warsitzka, Prokop Závada, Fabian Jähne-Klingberg, and Piotr Krzywiec

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Analog laboratory experiments of gravity gliding in salt-bearing rift basins Michael Warsitzka, Prokop Závada, Fabian Jähne-Klingberg, Piotr Krzywiec https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.931848

Short summary

A new analogue modelling approach was used to simulate the influence of tectonic extension and tilting of the basin floor on salt tectonics in rift basins. Our results show that downward salt flow and gravity gliding takes place if the flanks of the rift basin are tilted. Thus, extension occurs at the basin margins, which is compensated for by reduced extension and later by shortening in the graben centre. These outcomes improve the reconstruction of salt-related structures in rift basins.