Modelización análoga del desprendimiento de una raíz litosférica. ¿Puede un oroclinal producir el desprendimiento del manto litosférico?
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Aún no se comprende completamente el comportamiento y la evolución
del manto litosférico durante los distintos procesos tectónicos. Mientras
algunos procesos como la subducción son relativamente bien conocidos,
otros aún están poco estudiados como el desprendimiento del manto litosférico
ya sea por delaminación o por goteo. Hemos realizado una serie de experimentos
de modelización análoga para comprobar la influencia de la gravedad
sobre una gran raíz litosférica. Los resultados preliminares obtenidos
en los experimentos indican que tal raíz se desprendería combinando los
mecanismos de delaminación y goteo. Estos resultados ayudan a comprender
las etapas finales de procesos que engrosan la litosfera como el plegamiento
oroclinal o las colisiones intraplaca. Algunos ejemplos donde se ha
interpretado un desprendimiento de una raíz litosférica son el Oroclinal
Ibero-Armoricano, el Arco de Vrancea (Cárpatos) o Nueva Zelanda
The behavior and evolution of mantle lithosphere during tectonic events is not yet fully understood. In addition, while some processes, such as continental collision or subduction are better known, other features like orocline formation or lithospheric mantle removal are poorly understood.We report a series of analogue modeling experiments that study the influence of gravity in a lithospheric root. The preliminary results obtained in the experiments suggest that a thick mantle lithospheric root detach in a mechanism combining delamination and dripping. The obtained results are useful to understand the late stage process that thicken the lithosphere as it is interpreted to have happened in the Ibero Armorican Arc, Vrancea arc, Sierra Nevada or New Zealand
The behavior and evolution of mantle lithosphere during tectonic events is not yet fully understood. In addition, while some processes, such as continental collision or subduction are better known, other features like orocline formation or lithospheric mantle removal are poorly understood.We report a series of analogue modeling experiments that study the influence of gravity in a lithospheric root. The preliminary results obtained in the experiments suggest that a thick mantle lithospheric root detach in a mechanism combining delamination and dripping. The obtained results are useful to understand the late stage process that thicken the lithosphere as it is interpreted to have happened in the Ibero Armorican Arc, Vrancea arc, Sierra Nevada or New Zealand







