<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I can't remember what sort of resolution we're planning to use, but I think limiting the minimum thickness to 2 km seems reasonable.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Charles</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jul 19, 2006, at 7:25 PM, Brad Aagaard wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi all:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I have made an attempt to simplify Brad Hager's material model into a<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">layered material model (see attachments). It has 13 layers, and<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">several are only 1 km thick. Is a 1 km layer too thin compared to the<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">expected element sizes? Should I limit the minimum thickness to 2 km?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Brad<SPAN><DIV><material_layers.pdf></DIV></SPAN><SPAN><DIV><materials_layers.txt></DIV></SPAN><SPAN><DIV><materials_hagerscec.txt></DIV></SPAN>_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">CIG-SHORT mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:CIG-SHORT@geodynamics.org">CIG-SHORT@geodynamics.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://geodynamics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cig-short">http://geodynamics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cig-short</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Charles A. Williams</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Science Center, 2C01B</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Troy, NY<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>12180</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Phone:<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-tab"> </SPAN></SPAN>(518) 276-3369</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">FAX:<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-tab"> </SPAN></SPAN>(518) 276-2012</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">e-mail:<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-tab"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="mailto:willic3@rpi.edu">willic3@rpi.edu</A></FONT></P> <BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>