Intraplate deformation and 3D rheological structure of the Rhine Rift System and adjacent areas of the northern Alpine foreland

S Cloetingh; PA Ziegler; F Beekman; PAM Andriessen; N Hardebol; P Dezes

doi:10.1007/s00531-005-0502-3

Intraplate deformation and 3D rheological structure of the Rhine Rift System and adjacent areas of the northern Alpine foreland

S Cloetingh^*, PA Ziegler, F Beekman, PAM Andriessen, N Hardebol, P Dezes

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The lithosphere of the Northern Alpine foreland has undergone a polyphase evolution during which interacting stress-induced intraplate deformation and upper mantle thermal perturbations controlled folding of the thermally weakened lithosphere. In this paper we address relationships among deeper lithospheric processes, neotectonics and surface processes in the Northern Alpine foreland with special emphasis on tectonically induced topography. We focus on lithosphere memory and neotectonics, paying special attention to the thermo-mechanical structure of the Rhine Graben System and adjacent areas of the northern Alpine foreland lithosphere. We discuss implications for mechanisms of large-scale intraplate deformation and links with surface processes and topography evolution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	758-778
Number of pages	21
Journal	International Journal of Earth Sciences
Volume	94
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-005-0502-3
Publication status	Published - Sept 2005
Event	4th EUCOR-URGENT International Symposium on Assessing Natural Hazards in a Densely Populated Area - Basel, Switzerland Duration: 29 Sept 2003 → 1 Oct 2003

Keywords

intraplate deformation
3D rheological structure
Rhine Graben
Alpine foreland
LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE SYSTEM
SHALLOW MANTLE TEMPERATURES
CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE
CENTRAL-EUROPE
CENTRAL-ASIA
THERMOMECHANICAL STRUCTURE
BASIN INVERSION
WAVE TOMOGRAPHY
TECTONIC STRESS
RHENISH MASSIF

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Intraplate deformation and 3D rheological structure of the Rhine Rift System and adjacent areas of the northern Alpine foreland

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