Evaluating the Rheological Controls on Topography Development During Craton Stabilization: Objective Approaches to Comparing Geodynamic Models
Kristina Kublik,
Claire A. Currie,
D. Graham Pearson
Abstract:Surface topography is an important yet largely neglected aspect of the early evolution of cratons. The lateral accretion of cratonic nuclei inevitably forms orogenic belts that subsequently provide a sediment source for large, resource‐rich intracratonic basins, but to date, geodynamic models have focused exclusively on lithospheric root processes. Here we use two‐dimensional thermal‐mechanical models to study the topography and lithospheric deformation during 50 Myr of compression of a cratonic nucleus, to si… Show more
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