Analogue and numerical studies are powerful tools to gain insight on the subduction process. Here we investigate some results from both approaches in order to characterize the induced flow triggered in the mantle by slab motion. The fluid velocity field in our 3-D laboratory experiments isreconstructed and analyzed through the PTV (Particle Tracking Velocimetry) image analysis technique, which provides a set of velocity vectors centred with particle centroid positions. Numerical investigation is approached by means of the finite element code Citcom (e.g. Moresi & Solomatov, 1995, Zhong et al., 1998; obtained from geoframework.org), solving the equations for conservation of mass, momentum and energy for an incompressible viscous spherical shell.
Funiciello, F., Piromallo, C., Moroni, M., Becker, T.W., Faccenna, C., Bui, H.A., et al. (2004). 3-D Laboratory and Numerical Models of Mantle Flow in Subduction Zones..
3-D Laboratory and Numerical Models of Mantle Flow in Subduction Zones.
FUNICIELLO, FRANCESCA;FACCENNA, CLAUDIO;
2004-01-01
Abstract
Analogue and numerical studies are powerful tools to gain insight on the subduction process. Here we investigate some results from both approaches in order to characterize the induced flow triggered in the mantle by slab motion. The fluid velocity field in our 3-D laboratory experiments isreconstructed and analyzed through the PTV (Particle Tracking Velocimetry) image analysis technique, which provides a set of velocity vectors centred with particle centroid positions. Numerical investigation is approached by means of the finite element code Citcom (e.g. Moresi & Solomatov, 1995, Zhong et al., 1998; obtained from geoframework.org), solving the equations for conservation of mass, momentum and energy for an incompressible viscous spherical shell.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
