Thick-skin continental deformation and the rheology of faulted continental lithosphere

厚皮大陆变形与断层大陆岩石圈流变

• 批准号: DP0449979
• 负责人: Prof Louis Moresi
• 金额: $ 18.09万
• 依托单位: Monash University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2004-01-01 至 2007-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0449979
• 关键词: Thick; skin; continental; deformation; rheology

We plan to study the way in which major, long-lived faults influence the large-scale deformation of continental lithosphere in response to plate and mantle derived stresses. We will develop realistic computer models of networks of faults embedded in the crust to examine the way large faults (e.g. the San Andreas fault in California) interact with the deep crust and shallow mantle and the way they interact with each other. No one previous model has been able to incorporate all the important dynamics. The work will be used by structural geologists, planetary scientists and be a valuable tool in mineral exploration.

我们计划研究的方式，主要的，长寿的断层影响大陆岩石圈的大规模变形，以响应板块和地幔派生的应力。 我们将开发嵌入地壳的断层网络的现实计算机模型，以研究大型断层（例如加州的圣安德烈亚斯断层）与地壳深部和浅地幔相互作用的方式，以及它们相互作用的方式。没有一个先前的模型能够包含所有重要的动态。 这项工作将被结构地质学家、行星科学家使用，并成为矿产勘探的宝贵工具。