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Fig. 2

From: Tectonic inheritance and kinematic strain localization as trigger for the formation of the Helvetic nappes, Switzerland

Fig. 2

Evolution of a representative simulation (TM-e) from Bauville and Schmalholz 2015. The geometry mimics an idealized passive margin geometry with basement half-grabens. Boundary conditions are the same as in this study. Rheology of the basement and sediment is viscoelastoplastic with a power-law (n = 4) temperature dependent viscosity. During compression sediments are sheared over the deforming basement. Shear zones form in the sediment. The shear zones are initiated at the basement-cover interface and cut horizontally through the half grabens

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