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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Intracontinental orogeny enhanced by far-field extension and local weak crust |
Author: | Silva, D. Piazolo, S. Daczko, N.R. Houseman, G. Raimondo, T. Evans, L. |
Citation: | Tectonics, 2018; 37(12):4421-4443 |
Publisher: | American Geophysical Union |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
ISSN: | 0278-7407 1944-9194 |
Statement of Responsibility: | David Silva, Sandra Piazolo, Nathan R. Daczko, Gregory Houseman, Tom Raimondo and Lynn Evans |
Abstract: | The accommodation of intraplate stresses in preexisting weak regions of plate interiors is here investigated using thin viscous sheet numerical models. The intraplate stresses are governed by multicomponent and multidirectional stresses originating at plate boundaries. The modeled scenarios mimic plate boundary conditions during the intraplate Alice Springs Orogeny (ASO), central Australia, and include (1) a northwest‐southeast zone of weak lithosphere within strong continental blocks to the north and southand (2) a principal south directed stress condition at the northern boundary that causes minor clockwise rotation of the northern block. Alternative tectonic environments are investigated in additional models that include (1) secondary compressional or extensional stresses acting at the eastern boundary, representing the temporally variable stress conditions during the Tasmanides Orogeny, and (2) an eastern wedge‐shaped zone of rheologically weak lithosphere, mirroring rift fill of the Irindina subbasin. Our results highlight that a low angle between major crustal features (e.g., orogenic elongation and preexisting regional structures) and the principal transmitted stresses is highly relevant in the concentration of elevated levels of differential stress and subsequent localization of deformation in plate interiors. Secondary stresses orthogonal to the principal acting stresses may introduce effects that explain the episodic orogenic activity in the case of the ASO. The combination of secondary extensional stresses at the eastern boundary of Australia and weak lithosphere of the preexisting Irindina subbasin strongly influences the observed spatial strain intensity, localization, and kinematics of deformation during the ASO. |
Rights: | ©2018. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1029/2018TC005106 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160103449 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018tc005106 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 8 Geology & Geophysics publications |
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