[CIG-LONG] Low viscosity material around dike

[Taichi SATO]

Hello,

The attached script of mid-ocean ridge modeling
cannot create faults continuously . It just
creates only one or two faults on off-axis when
the divergence is set lower value (such as -2.0e6).
I think the low viscosity material around the
dike(1000m width) suppresses fault initiation
(please see attached figure).  Would you teach me
why the low viscous material is created on such
place and how to fix this problem ?

Best,

Taichi Sato

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  Taichi SATO
  PhD student
  5-1-5 kashiwanoha, kashiwa, Chiba 277-8564, Japan
  Department of Ocean Floor Geoscience
  Division of Ocean-Earth System Science
  Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The
university of Tokyo
　Phone : 04-7136-6124
  E-mail: taichix at ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp  (->7/1)
  E-mail: taichix at aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp (4/1->)
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