Centrifuge modelling of the evolution of low-angle detachment faults from high-angle normal faults

• Centrifuge models composed of a ductile layer overlain by a semi-brittle layer are used to study how deformation localised by a high-angle normal fault promotes detachment faulting. During lateral extension driven by centrifugal force, localised extension

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extension; low-angle detachment; OCT (ocean-continent transition zone); centrifuge models; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; CORE COMPLEXES; SYSTEMS; GRAVITY

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