Adaptively Refined Mesh in the SW Pacific (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Adaptively Refined Mesh in the SW Pacific

Caption

This cross section shows the adaptively refined mesh with a finest resolution of about 1 km in the region from the New Hebrides to Tonga in the SW Pacific. The refinement occurs both around plate boundaries and dynamically in response to the nonlinear rheology.

Credit

Georg Stadler, Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences, UT Austin

Usage Restrictions

None

License

Licensed content

Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.