Landscape evolution models
Download thermal history derived landscape evolution models of central Namibia
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Landscape evolution models of the Namibian Passive Continental Margin over 300 Ma, derived from apatite fission track thermal histories
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Cooling history of Namibia's shallow crust
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Watch the cooling of central Namibia's shallow crust over the last 300 Mio years. This animation was derived by extracting time-temperature information from modelled apatite fission track thermal histories. Apatite fission track data are only sensitive to temperatures below ~110˚C. If you use this animation please cite:
Raab, Matthias (2001). The Geomorphic Response of the Passive Continental Margin of Northern Namibia to Gondwana Break-Up and Global Scale Tectonics, PhD Thesis, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. -
Erosional history of Namibia's shallow crust
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Watch the Namibian margin erode/denude over 300 Mio years. This animation was derived by converting time-temperature information from modelled apatite fission track thermal histories into equivalent amounts of overburden assuming a geothermal gradient of 25˚C/km. Apatite fission track data are only sensitive to temperatures below ~110˚C. If you use this animation please cite:
Raab, Matthias (2001). The Geomorphic Response of the Passive Continental Margin of Northern Namibia to Gondwana Break-Up and Global Scale Tectonics, PhD Thesis, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. -
Reconstructed palaeotopography of Namibia's margin
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Watch the Namibian margin evolving over 300 Mio years after backstacking the denuded section onto the crust. We adjusted for isostasy with an effective thickness of 25 km. This animation is experimental. If you use this animation please cite:
Raab, Matthias (2001). The Geomorphic Response of the Passive Continental Margin of Northern Namibia to Gondwana Break-Up and Global Scale Tectonics, PhD Thesis, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
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