[CIG-LONG] Low viscosity material around dike

[Taichi SATO]

Dear Garrett

Thank you very much!

> Try making the lithosphere 3-5 times thicker. Also, the "initialDamage"
> parameters are designed to weaken one side of the dike so a fault 
> localizes on this one side initially. 
I made thicker axial lithosphere(8km) by changing
thermal condition.  I also set "initial Damage"
one side of the dike
and changed mesh interval from 500m to 250m.
Under above condition, I could see inward and
outward faults.

However, the materials on either sides of the dike
sink down. Please see attached file. I  think this
structure is not ideal because I would like to
make axial valley (it is OK if this is an Axial
Volcanic Ridge).
Does it come from wrong initial parameters, such
as viscosity, temperature and divergence, etc ?


Sincerely,

Taichi

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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)
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