Global strength and elastic thickness of the lithosphere

Crust and Lithospheric Structure - Global Crustal Structure

“…Also, lateral variations in mantle density may be inferred from longwavelength gravity data when the density structure and thickness of the overlying crust are known. In addition, the crustal contribution to lithospheric stress and crustal isostasy can be calculated from crustal thickness, density, and topography Tesauro et al, 2012).…”

Tectonic Models for the Evolution of Sedimentary Basins

“…An understanding of the temporal and spatial strength distribution of continental lithosphere (e.g., Cloetingh and Van Wees, 2005;Cloetingh et al, 2005aCloetingh et al, ,b, 2006Tesauro et al, 2007Tesauro et al, , 2009bTesauro et al, , 2012bTesauro et al, , 2013 may offer quantitative insights into the patterns of its intraplate deformation (basin inversion and upthrusting of basement blocks) and particularly into the pattern of lithospheric-scale folding and buckling. So far, strength envelopes and the effective elastic thickness (EET) of the lithosphere have been calculated for a number of locations in Europe (e.g., Cloetingh and Burov, 1996).…”

Effects of upper mantle heterogeneities on lithospheric stress field and dynamic topography

“…Lithosphere dynamics are defined by a combination of plastic, elastic and viscous flow properties of the lithospheric material (Burov, 2011;Tesauro et al, 2012), while the evolution of the sub-lithospheric mantle is predominantly driven by viscous flow (Davies, 1977;Forte and Mitrovica, 2001;Steinberger and Calderwood, 2006). This is evident from surface expressions of 5 different deformation processes around the globe, such as for example the ongoing crustal deformation processes that formed the Tibetan Plateau due to the continental collision of the Indian and Eurasian Plates (van Hinsbergen et al, 2011) or the rifting of the African Plate induced by its interaction with the Afar plume head (Ebinger and Sleep, 1998).…”