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TECTONOPHYSICS
Volume 538, Issue -, Pages 1-66Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.01.027
Keywords
Experimental modelling; Accretionary wedge; Relief dynamics; Sandbox
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- French Ministry of Research
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Experimental modelling applied to the study of orogenic wedge dynamics has been a subject of fruitful research for more than 30 years, although the technique dates back as far as the early XIXth century. On one hand, several first order parameters controlling the structural evolution of mountain belts have been intensively investigated using the classic tectonic sandbox models. The main parameters are the properties of the basal decollement, the deforming material, the backstop, and fluxes, kinematics and surface processes. On the other hand, the morphological evolution of a mountain relief subjected to changing tectonic or climatic forcing has been addressed using another kind of approach called geomorphic models. Nowadays, the literature is extremely rich, particularly for the sandbox technique, so that it becomes difficult to have an exhaustive view of the effects of the above parameters on mountain evolution. In this article, we propose a detailed review of the main results obtained using both tectonic and geomorphic approaches. Our goal is to provide an almost complete state-of-the-art in the experimental study of relief dynamics to guide present and future researchers in their understanding of mountain belt evolution. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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