Glaciers, ice sheets and ice caps represent tectonic systems driven by gravity. Their
movement can be studied in real time and the rheological properties and strength of ice …

The shortening and extension of mechanically layered ductile rock generates folds and
pinch-and-swell structures (also referred to as necks or continuous boudins), which result …

We present analytical derivations and 2-D numerical simulations that quantify magnitudes of
deviatoric stress and tectonic overpressure (ie difference between the pressure, or mean …

Abstract Some sections on Lingshan Island, in the Yellow Sea, close to the city of Qingdao,
show the Early Cretaceous Lingshandao Formation. The exposed succession consists …

Plate eduction is a geodynamic process characterized by normal‐sense coherent motion of
previously subducted continental plate. This mechanism may occur after slab detachment …

We investigate lithosphere necking using two‐dimensional thermo‐mechanical numerical
simulations without strain softening or weakening mechanisms. The models have an initial …

We study high-amplitude folding in layered rocks with two-dimensional numerical
simulations. We employ the finite-element method to model shortening of an incompressible …

The deformation of rocks is a disequilibrium and strongly non-linear phenomenon with a
number of interacting chemical, thermal and microstructural processes operating …

The detailed analysis of folding in rocks was in part pioneered by John Ramsay, and
resulted in a range of techniques and criteria to define folds. Although folding of unlithified or …

We present two-dimensional numerical simulations of lithospheric shortening with a crust
containing weak and strong inclusions. Thermo-mechanical coupling is included, and a …