[aspect-devel] subduction and magmatism

Mon Apr 16 07:33:36 PDT 2018

Hello everyone,

I would like to ask if it is possible to model geodynamic processes in the lithosphere with ASPECT. I am trying to model subduction, and the associated magmatism. I am aware that this code is primarily developed for simulating convection. However, I have found and successfully used some plugins developed for this code, namely subduction plugin by Anne Glerum, as well as viscoplastic plugin.

I am also aware that ASPECT incorporates partial melting, however I haven't seen published papers dealing with modeling magmatism on a detailed scale. In Dannberg and Heister (2016) the melting is associated with a plume. In Glerum et al (2017) subduction is modeled mechanically, there is no associated magmatism.

What I am asking is, whether it is a good idea to use ASPECT to model subduction process, in greater detail as well as detailed magmatism and deformation of the lithosphere. Also if anyone has succeeded in this, any information about it would be very beneficial to me.

Best regards,

Nikola Stanković
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