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Tectonic interactions during rift linkage: insights from analog and numerical experiments
Timothy Chris Schmid
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Sascha Brune
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Anne Glerum
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Guido Schreurs
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Short summary
Continental rifts form by linkage of individual rift segments and disturb the regional stress field. We use analog and numerical models of such rift segment interactions to investigate the linkage of deformation and stresses and subsequent stress deflections from the regional stress pattern. This local stress re-orientation eventually causes rift deflection when multiple rift segments compete for linkage with opposingly propagating segments and may explain rift deflection as observed in nature.
Continental rifts form by linkage of individual rift segments and disturb the regional stress...
