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Research article
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06 Jan 2015
Research article |
| 06 Jan 2015
Analogue experiments of salt flow and pillow growth due to basement faulting and differential loading
M. Warsitzka
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Institute for Geosciences, Germany
Georg-August-University Göttingen, Geoscience Centre, Structural Geology & Geodynamics, Germany
N. Kukowski
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Institute for Geosciences, Germany
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This paper summarizes the results of scaled analogue experiments examining the kinematics of salt flow and the formation of salt pillows due to basement faulting and subsequent sedimentation. Our experimental results reveal that salt above a basement normal fault can flow downward or upward depending on the direction of the pressure gradient within the salt layer. Due to upward flow driven by differential loading, salt pillows can form above the higher basement block.
This paper summarizes the results of scaled analogue experiments examining the kinematics of...
