Convergent flow in a two-layer system and mountain building

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Perazzo, Carlos Alberto; Gratton, Julio
Año de publicación
2010
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With the purpose of modeling the process of mountain building, we investigate the evolution of the ridge produced by the convergent motion of a system consisting of two layers of liquids that differ in density and viscosity to simulate the crust and the upper mantle that form a lithospheric plate. We assume that the motion is driven by basal traction. Assuming isostasy, we derive a nonlinear differential equation for the evolution of the thickness of the crust. We solve this equation numerically to obtain the profile of the range. We find an approximate self-similar solution that describes reasonably well the process and predicts simple scaling laws for the height and width of the range as well as the shape of the transversal profile. We compare the theoretical results with the profiles of real mountain belts and find an excellent agreement. © 2010 American Institute of Physics.
Fil: Perazzo, Carlos Alberto. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina
Fil: Gratton, Julio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física del Plasma. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física del Plasma; Argentina
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Mountain building
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title Convergent flow in a two-layer system and mountain building
spellingShingle Convergent flow in a two-layer system and mountain building
Perazzo, Carlos Alberto
Mountain building
title_short Convergent flow in a two-layer system and mountain building
title_full Convergent flow in a two-layer system and mountain building
title_fullStr Convergent flow in a two-layer system and mountain building
title_full_unstemmed Convergent flow in a two-layer system and mountain building
title_sort Convergent flow in a two-layer system and mountain building
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Perazzo, Carlos Alberto
Gratton, Julio
author Perazzo, Carlos Alberto
author_facet Perazzo, Carlos Alberto
Gratton, Julio
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Mountain building
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv With the purpose of modeling the process of mountain building, we investigate the evolution of the ridge produced by the convergent motion of a system consisting of two layers of liquids that differ in density and viscosity to simulate the crust and the upper mantle that form a lithospheric plate. We assume that the motion is driven by basal traction. Assuming isostasy, we derive a nonlinear differential equation for the evolution of the thickness of the crust. We solve this equation numerically to obtain the profile of the range. We find an approximate self-similar solution that describes reasonably well the process and predicts simple scaling laws for the height and width of the range as well as the shape of the transversal profile. We compare the theoretical results with the profiles of real mountain belts and find an excellent agreement. © 2010 American Institute of Physics.
Fil: Perazzo, Carlos Alberto. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina
Fil: Gratton, Julio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física del Plasma. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física del Plasma; Argentina
description With the purpose of modeling the process of mountain building, we investigate the evolution of the ridge produced by the convergent motion of a system consisting of two layers of liquids that differ in density and viscosity to simulate the crust and the upper mantle that form a lithospheric plate. We assume that the motion is driven by basal traction. Assuming isostasy, we derive a nonlinear differential equation for the evolution of the thickness of the crust. We solve this equation numerically to obtain the profile of the range. We find an approximate self-similar solution that describes reasonably well the process and predicts simple scaling laws for the height and width of the range as well as the shape of the transversal profile. We compare the theoretical results with the profiles of real mountain belts and find an excellent agreement. © 2010 American Institute of Physics.
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