GeoMod2008 materials benchmark: The sieve dataset

Cite as:

Klinkmüller, Matthias; Schreurs, Guido; Rosenau, Matthias (2016): GeoMod2008 materials benchmark: The sieve dataset. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.4.1.2016.003

Status

I N R E V I E W : Klinkmüller, Matthias; Schreurs, Guido; Rosenau, Matthias (2016): GeoMod2008 materials benchmark: The sieve dataset. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.4.1.2016.003

Abstract

This dataset provides sieve data (grain size distributions) on natural and artificial granular materials used for experimental simulation by the analogue geodynamic modelling community (21 sands and glass beads). The material samples have been collected community-wide and analysed at GFZ Potsdam in the framework of the GeoMod2008 conference benchmark initiative. The context of data collection, details of the material samples and measuring techniques as well as interpretation and discussion of results can be found in Klinkmüller et al. (2016) to which this dataset is supplement material.

An overview of all files of the data set is given in the table SieveDataOverview.

Methods

The data presented here are derived by sieving using a RETSCH Vibratory Sieve Shaker AS 200 basic at GFZ Potsdam’s analogue laboratory for tectonic modelling. Mesh sizes used were 630, 400, 355, 224, 125, and 63 micrometer. 1 kg of each sample material has been sieved for 4 hours at maximum Amplitude (3 mm). Laboratory conditions were air conditioned during all the measurements (Temperature: 23°C, Humidity: 45%).
The resulting sieve analysis data are presented as fractions of 1 kg.

Authors

Klinkmüller, Matthias;Institute of Geology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Schreurs, Guido;Institute of Geology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Rosenau, Matthias;GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

Contact

Rosenau, Matthias (Senior Researcher) ; GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany; ➦

Contributors

Tectonic Modelling Laboratory at the Institute for Geological Sciences (TecLab Bern, Switzerland); HelTec - Helmholtz Laboratory for Tectonic Modelling (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany)

Keywords

analogue materials, granular materials, bulk solids, analog models, sandbox, benchmark, Geomod, EPOS, multi-scale laboratories, analogue models of geologic processes, property data of analogue modelling materials, Microsphere > Glassy, Sand > Corundum Sand, Sand > Quartz Sand, Microsphere > Glassy, Sand > Corundum Sand, Sand > Quartz Sand