In our new paper, Habel et al. 2023, we use analogue models to discuss the effect of mantle flow on upper-plate shortening, and #mountain building in Andean #subduction margin context. The paradigmatic #orogen type being the #Andes #Altiplano in front of the Nazca-South America plate boundary.
https://tektonika.online/index.php/home/article/view/39
Proud and happy that it is published in TEKTONIKA DOAJ (@wearetektonika )
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The dataset https://doi.org/10.18715/IPGP.2023.ldbm60lm, linked to the article "Upper-plate Shortening and Mountain-building in the Context of Mantle-driven Oceanic Subduction", includes videos and photographs depicting the evolution in top and lateral views of the 5 analogue experiments.
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This animated GIF 👇🏽 summarizes the main results and figures of Habel et al's article "Upper-plate Shortening and Mountain-building in the Context of Mantle-driven Oceanic Subduction 🏔️
Article: https://tektonika.online/index.php/home/article/view/39
Keynote GIF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oT6hzKwTtvWS8JX7anyYc0s-P1odQU-o/view?usp=sharing
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