Appendix 1 - Movies

Movie 1661-01. Movie illustrating the progressive development of convergent strike-slip fault zones in plan view (experiment 1661). The first frame shows the location of computerized tomography (CT) acquisition planes. Rectangle in last frame indicates area of 3D analysis by X-ray CT (27 x 23.8 cm; see Movies 1661-03, 1661-04, 1661-05 and 1661-06). Initial grid spacing is 5 cm. Time between frames is about 10 minutes. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1661-02. Movie of cross-sectional evolution of experiment 1661. Location of CT sections A-D is given in the first frame of Movie 1661-01. Note that the position of the model changed with respect to the fixed CT image acquisition planes during progressive deformation. Initial width of model is 26 cm; initial height is 3.5 cm. Time between frames is 8 minutes. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1661-03. Movie illustrating the geometry of convergent strike-slip fault zones by a series of serial vertical sections. Each of the 135 frames represents a 2mm thick cross-sectional CT slice. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1661-04. Movie showing serial horizontal sections through convergent strike-slip fault zones. Major fault zones strike at about 15° to the longitudinal sidewalls. Horizontal sections were computed from 3D data set. First frame is near the base of the brittle layers. Vertical distance between frames is 0.5 mm. Computer animation shows 66 frames at three frames per second. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1661-05. Movie of rotating 3D perspective view of transpressional fault zones. Area of 3D CT analysis is indicated in Fig. 2E and in last frame of Movie 1661-01. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1661-06. Movie of cut-out 3D views of final deformation stage. Computer animation shows 28 frames at 4 frames per second. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1764-01. Movie illustrating the progressive development of structures in plan view (experiment 1764). The first frame shows the location of CT acquisition planes. Rectangle in last frame indicates area of 3D analysis by X-ray CT (27 x 23.2 cm). Initial grid spacing is 5 cm. Time between frames is 10 minutes. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1764-02. Movie of cross-sectional evolution of experiment 1764. Location of CT sections A-D is given in the first frame of Movie 1764-01. Note the lateral changes in fault dip along strike. Initial width and height of model is 26 and 3.5 cm, respectively. Time between frames is 8 minutes. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1764-03. Movie illustrating the fault geometry by a series of serial vertical sections. Steep strike-slip faults branch at depth with oblique-slip thrust faults. Each of the 135 frames represents a 2mm thick cross-sectional CT slice. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1764-04. Movie showing serial horizontal sections through final deformation stage. These sections show the complex fault pattern at depth in great detail. Note the oblique thrust faults (and associated vertical relief) between major convergent strike-slip fault zones in upper part of movie. First frame is near the base of the brittle layers. Vertical distance between frames is 0.5 mm. Computer animation consists of 64 frames. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1764-05. Movie of cut-out 3D views of final deformation stage. Computer animation shows 28 frames at 4 frames per second. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1820-01. Movie illustrating the progressive development of structures in plan view (experiment 1820). Main faults trend subparallel to longitudinal sidewalls. The first frame shows the location of CT acquisition planes. Rectangle in last frame indicates area of 3D CT analysis (27 x 22.7 cm). Initial grid spacing is 5 cm. Time between frames is 10 minutes. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1820-02. Movie of cross-sectional evolution of experiment 1820. Pop-up structures form initially. Steep strike-slip faults form at later stages and occur either confined within pop-up structures or between different pop-up structures. Location of CT sections A-E is given in the first frame of Movie 1820-01. Initial width and height of model is 26 and 3.5 cm, respectively. Time between frames is 10 minutes. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1820-03. Movie illustrating the fault geometry by a series of serial vertical sections. Fault dip changes along strike in the right-hand side of the images. Note also how subvertical strike-slip faults change their dip direction along strike and merge at depth with bounding thrust faults. Each of the 135 frames represents a 2mm thick cross-sectional CT slice. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1820-04. Movie of serial horizontal sections through final deformation stage. Major faults are subparallel to the longitudinal borders of the model. First frame is near the base of the brittle layers. Vertical distance between frames is 0.5 mm. Computer animation consists of 60 frames. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1820-05. Movie of cut-out 3D views of final deformation stage. Computer animation shows 28 frames at 4 frames per second. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1770-01. Movie illustrating the progressive development of structures in plan view (experiment 1770). Main thrust faults trend parallel to longitudinal sidewalls. The first frame shows the location of CT acquisition planes. Rectangle in last frame indicates area of 3D CT analysis (27 x 22.7 cm). Initial grid spacing is 5 cm. Time between frames is 10 minutes. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1770-02. Movie of cross-sectional evolution of experiment 1770. Model evolution dominated by thrust faulting. Location of CT sections A-E is given in the first frame of Movie 1770-01. Initial width and height of model is 26 and 3.5 cm, respectively. Time between frames is 10 minutes. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1770-03. Movie illustrating the geometry of the structures by serial vertical sections. Subvertical strike-slip faults within pop-up structures change their dip direction along strike and merge at depth with bounding thrust faults. Each of the 135 frames represents a 2mm thick cross-sectional CT slice. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1770-04. Movie of serial horizontal sections through final deformation stage. Major faults are subparallel to the longitudinal borders of the model. Some strike-slip faults strike oblique to the longitudinal sidewalls. First frame is near the base of the brittle layers. Vertical distance between frames is 0.5 mm. Computer animation consists of 60 frames. (Select image to view movie)

Movie 1770-05. Movie of cut-out 3D views of final deformation stage. Steep strike-slip faults within pop-up structures change their dip direction along strike. Computer animation shows 28 frames at 4 frames per second. (Select image to view movie)