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Cenozoic reactivation of the Great Glen Fault, Scotland; additional evidence and possible causes by Le Breton, Eline, Cobbold, P. R, Zanella, A

“…The Great Glen Fault trends NNE-SSW across northern Scotland. According to previous studies, the Great Glen Fault developed as a left-lateral strike-slip fault…”
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Thrust wedges and fluid overpressures: Sandbox models involving pore fluids by Mourgues, R., Cobbold, P. R.

“…The well‐known model for the critical taper of an accretionary wedge includes overpressure as a first‐order parameter. Fluid overpressures reduce frictional…”
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Physical modelling of sand injectites by Rodrigues, N., Cobbold, P.R., Løseth, H.

“…Sand injectites are structures that result from intrusion of fluidized sand into fractures. We have studied them in the Tampen Spur area of the North Sea, and…”
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Aptian to recent compressional deformation, foothills of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina by Cobbold, P.R, Rossello, E.A

“…The Neuquén Basin lies in north-western Patagonia, on the eastern foreland of the Andes. It formed as a rift basin in the early Mesozoic and contains some 5000…”
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Effects of margin-parallel shortening and density contrasts on back-arc extension during subduction: Experimental insights and possible application to Anatolia by Driehaus, L., Nalpas, T., Cobbold, P.R., Gelabert, B., Sàbat, F.

“…So as to investigate the parameters influencing subduction and back-arc extension, we have done three series of laboratory experiments (32 in all) on physical…”
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Effects of topography on the curvature of fold-and-thrust belts during shortening of a 2-layer model of continental lithosphere by Marques, F.O., Cobbold, P.R.

“…We have used analogue experiments to investigate the effects of surface topography on the curvature of fold-and-thrust belts, under conditions of (1) initial…”
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Mechanism of thin-skinned detachment in the Amazon Fan: assessing the importance of fluid overpressure and hydrocarbon generation by Cobbold, P.R., Mourgues, R., Boyd, K.

“…Since about 10 Ma, a wedge of clastic sediment up to 10 km in thickness has accumulated near the mouth of the Amazon River, forming the Amazon Fan…”
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Source rocks in foreland basins; a preferential context for the development of natural hydraulic fractures by Zanella, Alain, Cobbold, P. R, Rodrigues, N, Loseth, H, Jolivet, M, Gouttefangeas, F, Chew, D

“…Bedding-parallel veins of fibrous calcite (also called "beef") occur in many sedimentary basins, especially those containing low-permeability strata with…”
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Paleogene building of the Bolivian Orocline: Tectonic restoration of the central Andes in 2-D map view by Arriagada, C., Roperch, P., Mpodozis, C., Cobbold, P. R.

“…Using available information on the magnitude and age of tectonic shortening, as well as paleomagnetically determined tectonic rotations, we have run a series…”
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Physical models of rifting and transform faulting, due to ridge push in a wedge-shaped oceanic lithosphere by Marques, F.O., Cobbold, P.R., Lourenço, N.

“…By scaled physical modelling, we have investigated the mechanical response to gravitational forces in an oceanic lithosphere, overlying a less dense…”
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Variations in amount and direction of seafloor spreading along the northeast Atlantic Ocean and resulting deformation of the continental margin of northwest Europe by Le Breton, E., Cobbold, P. R., Dauteuil, O., Lewis, G.

“…The NE Atlantic Ocean opened progressively between Greenland and NW Europe during the Cenozoic. Seafloor spreading occurred along three ridge systems: the…”
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Physical modelling of chemical compaction, overpressure development, hydraulic fracturing and thrust detachments in organic-rich source rock by Zanella, A., Cobbold, P.R., Le Carlier de Veslud, C.

“…Geological evidence for overpressure is common worldwide, especially in petroleum-rich sedimentary basins. As a result of an increasing emphasis on…”
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Andean deformation and rift inversion, eastern edge of Cordillera Oriental (Guateque–Medina area), Colombia by Branquet, Y, Cheilletz, A, Cobbold, P.R, Baby, P, Laumonier, B, Giuliani, G

“…In the Guateque–Medina area, Paleozoic basement and Mesozoic rift basins have been uplifted and exhumed during the Andean orogeny (12 Ma to present). Surface…”
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Some tectonic consequences of fluid overpressures and seepage forces as demonstrated by sandbox modelling by Mourgues, R, Cobbold, P.R

“…We demonstrate some of the effects of fluid overpressures and seepage forces in tectonics using the results of scaled physical models. According to von…”
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Thrust wedges and fluid overpressures : Sandbox models involving pore fluids by MOURGUES, R, COBBOLD, P. R

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Topography as a major factor in the development of arcuate thrust belts: insights from sandbox experiments by Marques, F.O., Cobbold, P.R.

“…We have used sandbox experiments to investigate and to illustrate the effects of topography upon the development of arcuate thrust belts. In experiments where…”
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Kinematic analysis of a growth fault system in the Niger Delta from restoration in map view by Rouby, D., Cobbold, P.R.

“…By restoring six stratigraphic markers in map view, we have studied the kinematics of a growth fault system (involving a major fault, its antithetic and a…”
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Sandbox modelling of thrust wedges with fluid-assisted detachments by Cobbold, P.R., Durand, S., Mourgues, R.

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Fluid pressure and effective stress in sandbox models by Cobbold, P.R, Castro, L

“…We have done a series of simple tests on sandpacks, involving upward flow of compressed air through the pores and its effect on the yield strength. The…”
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Cenozoic crustal thickening, wrenching and rifting in the foothills of the southernmost Andes by Diraison, M., Cobbold, P.R., Gapais, D., Rossello, E.A., Le Corre, C.

“…The southernmost Andes form an orocline, between the Patagonian cordillera, trending N–S, and the Fueguian cordilleras, trending E–W. On the foreland side is…”
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