[CIG-LONG] Subduction with friction

[Walter Landry]

Edie Miglio <edie.miglio at polimi.it> wrote:
> Dear CIG,
>   is there any possibilities to simulate a subduction process
> accounting for friction between the plates like in this paper
> http://www.isteem.univ-montp2.fr/PERSO/chery/Adeli_web/papers/hassani_1997_jgr_subduction.pdf
> ?

Friction is the easy part.  That paper also relies on elasticity,
which Gale does not implement.  There may also be problems later in
the simulation.  If the density contrast between the crust and mantle
is large, you may get large errors because the subtraction of the
hydrostatic pressure is no longer accurate.

Cheers,
Walter Landry
walter at geodynamics.org