<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Walter,<div><br></div><div>I was wondering if there are any plans at present to incorporate elasticity with</div><div>Gale's current visco-plastic rheologies. Along with Garrett Ito, I'm interested</div><div>in simulating mid-ocean ridge deformation along the lines of Buck et al. [2005],</div><div>but in 3-D along a ridge segment. The bending (or unbending) of the plate</div><div>is likely to play an important role in controlling the stresses and axial topography</div><div>in these environments. I know that adding elasticity was one of the goals that</div><div>came out of last summer's workshop -- but I wasn't sure if this was something</div><div>that was likely to be forthcoming in the near future.</div><div><br></div><div>May Thanks!</div><div>Mark</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>
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