Table 1 Experimental setup Rheologic properties of materials used in the analogue models with a comparison to nature. The dimensionless scaling factor (SF) is included.

From: Symptomatic lithospheric drips triggering fast topographic rise and crustal deformation in the Central Andes

EXP-1

Thickness

 

Density (kg m−3)

 

Effective Dynamic Viscosity (Pa s)

 

φ (°)

 

Model (mm)

Nature (km)

SF (×10−7)

Model

Nature

SF

Model (×104)

Nature (×1021)

SF (×10−17)

 

Upper crust

2

8

2.50

820

2485

0.33

   

40

Mantle lithosphere

20

80

2.50

1128

3418

0.33

2.92

1.95

1.50

 

Mantle

173

692

2.50

1010

3060

0.33

1.50

1.00

1.50

 

EXP-2

Thickness

 

Density (kg m−3)

 

Dynamic Viscosity (Pa s)

 

φ (°)

 

Model (mm)

Nature (km)

SF (×10−7)

Model

Nature

SF

Model (×104)

Nature (×1021)

SF (×10−17)

 

Upper crust

2

8

2.50

1100

3333

0.33

   

35

Mantle lithosphere

20

80

2.50

1128

3418

0.33

2.92

1.95

1.50

 

Mantle

173

692

2.50

1010

3060

0.33

1.50

1.00

1.50

 

EXP-3

Thickness

 

Density (kg m−3)

 

Dynamic Viscosity (Pa s)

 

φ (°)

 

Model (mm)

Nature (km)

SF (×10−7)

Model

Nature

SF

Model (×104)

Nature (×1021)

SF (×10−17)

 

Upper crust

2

8

2.50

820

2485

0.33

   

40

Lower crust

5

20

2.50

1120

3394

0.33

2.12

1.41

1.50

 

Mantle lithosphere

20

80

2.50

1128

3418

0.33

2.92

1.95

1.50

 

Mantle

173

692

2.50

1010

3060

0.33

1.50

1.00

1.50

 
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