Surface Lagrangian Remeshing: A new tool for studying long term evolution of continental lithosphere from 2D numerical modelling

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1067-1074

  Steer, Philippe ^a,b   Cattin, Rodolphe ^a   Lavé, JérÔme ^c   Godard, Vincent ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c CRPG CNRS   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Erosion; Finite element; Local remeshing; Numerical model

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EROSION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LITHOLOGY; LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE); NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

2D NUMERICAL MODELLING; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; INTERPOLATION ERROR; LOCAL REMESHING; NUMERICAL DIFFUSION; REMESHING ALGORITHM; TRIANGULAR FINITE ELEMENTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ALGORITHM; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEFORMATION; EROSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 79960926470     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.05.023     Document Type: Article

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