<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Rebecca,<div><br></div><div>PyLith can definitely do this. I'm not sure about RELAX. For PyLith, you can either:</div><div><br></div><div>1. Define different materials on either side of the interface (if you want a different viscoelastic model).</div><div>2. Create a spatial database with a horizontal variation. If you want a sharp contrast, you would just have very closely-spaced points near the interface.</div><div><br></div><div>Let me know if you need more info.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Charles</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 29/09/2012, at 6:39 AM, Rebecca Bendick wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi, everyone. I'm experimenting with lateral heterogeneity (i.e. the effective viscosity changes across a vertical interface), and I'm wondering if either RELAX or PyLith can accommodate that scenario without modifying the source code. I don't see any examples in the documentation for either.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Becks<br>---------------------------------------------------------------<br>Rebecca Bendick<br>SC 331<br>Department of Geosciences<br>University of Montana<br>Missoula, MT 59812<br>(406) 243-5774<br><br><a href="http://www.umt.edu/geosciences/faculty/bendick/">http://www.umt.edu/geosciences/faculty/bendick/</a><br>bendick@mso.umt.edu<br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>CIG-SHORT mailing list<br>CIG-SHORT@geodynamics.org<br>http://geodynamics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cig-short<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>
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