[CIG-LONG] gale 2.0 resolution

[Walter Landry]

Cc'ing the list.

"Nicolas.Riel" <a.nicolas.riel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Walter,
> 
> I will use Gale 2.0 instead of Gale 1.6 to model an accretionary prism.
> 
> My problem is to track a sedimentary layer of 500 to 1000m thick in a model of
> 50km thick
> 
> Because with gale 1.6 the thin layer is rapidly disturbed I'm wondering what
> resolution with Q2P1 elements in gale 2.0 do I have to use to correctly track
> this thin layer ?

If you want to track layers, it may be better to use tracers.  Then
you would set the resolution to ensure that the flow field is well
resolved.

Cheers,
Walter Landry
wlandry at caltech.edu