The role of lateral strength variation in the lithosphere in intra-plate compressional deformation: an experimental approach

(1) Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Budapestlaan 4, PO Box 80021, 3508 TA,Utrecht, Netherlands (e.calignano@uu.nl), (2) University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences, PO Box 1047 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway, (3) University of Oslo, Physics of Geological Processes, Sem Saelands vei 24, 0316 Oslo, Norway, (4) Geologische Institut, ETH Zurich and Universiteit Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland