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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-16-531-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-16-531-2025
Research article
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27 Jun 2025
Research article |  | 27 Jun 2025

Strike-slip kinematics from crustal to outcrop-scale: the impact of material properties on analogue modelling

Luigi Massaro, Jürgen Adam, Elham Jonade, Silvia Negrão, and Yasuhiro Yamada

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In this manuscript, we investigated the kinematics and dynamics of strike-slip damage zones using laboratory mechanical tests and analogue modelling techniques. The results underline the importance of a multi-scale approach (from crustal to outcrop-scale) to improve the understanding of such deformation processes, deriving fundamental correlations with the physical and mechanical properties of the model materials applied in the experiments.
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