Control of increased sedimentation on orogenic fold-and-thrust belt structure – insights into the evolution of the Western Alps

Erdős, Zoltán; Huismans, Ritske S.; van der Beek, Peter

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-391-2019

Articles | Volume 10, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-391-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-391-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 2

Research article

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13 Mar 2019

Research article |

| 13 Mar 2019

Control of increased sedimentation on orogenic fold-and-thrust belt structure – insights into the evolution of the Western Alps

Zoltán Erdős, Ritske S. Huismans, and Peter van der Beek

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RC1: 'Accept for publication with minor revisions', Xiaodong Yang, 25 Dec 2018
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer comments by Xiaodong Yang', Zoltán Erdős, 25 Jan 2019
RC2: 'Zoltán Erdős et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Jan 2019
- AC2: 'Response to anonymous reviewer comments', Zoltán Erdős, 25 Jan 2019

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ED: Publish as is (28 Feb 2019) by Bernhard Grasemann

ED: Publish as is (28 Feb 2019) by Federico Rossetti (Executive editor)

AR by Zoltán Erdős on behalf of the Authors (01 Mar 2019)

Short summary

We used a 2-D thermomechanical code to simulate the evolution of an orogen. Our aim was to study the interaction between tectonic and surface processes in orogenic forelands. We found that an increase in the sediment input to the foreland results in prolonged activity of the active frontal thrust. Such a scenario could occur naturally as a result of increasing relief in the orogenic hinterland or a change in climatic conditions. We compare our results with observations from the Alps.