The role of boundary conditions in numerical models of subduction zone dynamics

Tectonophysics

Volumn 497, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 57-70

  Quinquis, Matthieu E T ^a   Buiter, Susanne J H ^a,b   Ellis, Susan ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Free surface; Numerical modelling; Subduction

Indexed keywords

FREE SURFACES; FREE-SLIP; INFLOW BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; LOW VISCOSITY; LOW-DENSITY MATERIALS; LOWER MANTLE; MODEL SURFACE; MODEL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; REGIONAL SCALE; SINKING VELOCITY; SLAB DYNAMICS; SLAB GEOMETRY; SPATIAL EXTENT; STANDARD FINITE ELEMENT; SUBDUCTING PLATE; SUBDUCTING SLABS; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION MODEL; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SURROUNDING REGIONS; THERMAL STATE;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; TECTONICS;

SURFACES;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PLATE TECTONICS; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRENCH;

EID: 78650511463     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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