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Page 1: H Oller Rosa - University of California, San Diego · 2015. 11. 24. · H_Oller_Rosa.pptx Author: David Sandwell Created Date: 11/24/2015 2:20:42 AM

Why  Do  Ri)  Flanks  Go  Up?

Presented  by  Brian  Oller  and  Janine  Roza  

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Outline

• What  is  a  ri6  flank?  • Upli6  due  to  Flexural  Upwarping  

§  MathemaCcal  Background  §  Model  

• Other  possible  explanaCons  • Conclusions  

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What  is  a  Ri)  Flank?

WHY?!?  

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Upli)  Models

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Mathema<cal  Background

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Model

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Geological  Evidence  for  Flexural  Upwarping

•  Rio  Grande  Ri6  ‒  Sacramento  

Mountains    

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Model  VS  Mountain

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Other  Explana<ons

• Mechanical  Unloading  [Weissel  and  Karner,  1989]  •  Small-­‐scale  convecCon  [Buck,  1986]  •  Fault  Block  TilCng  [Kelley  and  Northrop,  1975]  •  Erosion  and  denudaCon  [Gilchrist  and  Summerfield,  1990]  • Dynamic  flow  stresses  [Zuber  and  ParmenCer,  1986]  • Mantle  Flow  [Daradich  et  al.,  2015]  • UnderplaCng  [Cox,  1980]  

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Geological  Evidence  for  Mechanical  Unloading

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Other  Explana<ons

• Mechanical  Unloading  [Weissel  and  Karner,  1989]  •  Small-­‐scale  convecCon  [Buck,  1986]  •  Fault  Block  TilCng  [Kelley  and  Northrop,  1975]  •  Erosion  and  denudaCon  [Gilchrist  and  Summerfield,  1990]  • Dynamic  flow  stresses  [Zuber  and  ParmenCer,  1986]  • Mantle  Flow  [Daradich  et  al.,  2015]  • UnderplaCng  [Cox,  1980]  

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Conclusions

• Ri6s  are  awesome!!!  But  complicated…  

• Geophysicists  like  Flexural  Upwarping  

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References

• Brown  and  Phillips  [1999],  Flexural  ri6  flank  upli6  at  the  Rio  Grande  ri6,  New  Mexico.  Tectonics  Vol.  18,  No.  6,  Pg  1275-­‐1291    •  [Weissel  and  Karner,  1989]  Flexural  Upli6  of  Ri6  Flanks  due  to  Mechanical  Unloading  of  the  Lithosphere  during  Extension.  JGR  Vol.  94  No.  B10  Pg  13919-­‐13950