Contractional tectonic settings

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Contractional tectonic settings

• Continental collision
• Oceanic plate subduction

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Continental collision

• India - Tibet

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Oceanic plate subduction
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Oceanic plate subduction

• Present-day Andes
• Past Pennsylvania

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Sumatra subduction
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Analog models

• Why make analog models?
• Early analog modeling

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Mario Del Castello PhD sandbox experiments

• Cross-section

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• Mario Del CastelloPhD experiments