Sand box analog models have been proved to be powerful tools for demonstrating the structural styles of extensional fault systems. 砂箱模擬實(shí)驗已被證明是研究盆地內部伸展斷層系統的有效工具。
But major detachment systems were not thought to occur in places where tectonic plates collide head-on until the South Tibetan system was discovered. 在發(fā)現藏南斷層系統之前,一般都認為,脫底斷層系統不太會(huì )發(fā)生在板塊對撞的區域。