Underworld

a long term geodynamics simulation platform

Underworld Subduction Model
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See the Documentation page for further information on how to use Underworld, including the Underworld User Manual and links to the online Component Codex.

Reference for SlabSubduction.xml in this tutorial

  • Stegman, D.R., Freeman, J., Schellart, W.P., Moresi, L. and May, D., 2006. Influence of trench width on subduction hinge retreat rates in 3-D models of slab rollback. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 7(3), doi: 10.1029/2005GC001056.

Other Examples of Subduction Modeling with Underworld

The 3D subduction template described in this tutorial is just one example of how Underworld can be used to model subduction zone processes. Here are a few other examples of how Underworld has been used in subduction zone research:

  • Capitanio, F.A., Stegman, D.R., Moresi, L.N. & Sharples, W., 2010. Upper plate controls on deep subduction, trench migrations and deformations at convergent margins, Tectonophysics, 483 (1-2): 80-92, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.020.

  • Mason, W.G., Moresi, L., Betts, P.G. & Miller, M.S., 2010. Three-dimensional numerical models of the influence of a buoyant oceanic plateau on subduction zones. Tectonophysics, 483 (1-2): 71-79, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.021.

  • OzBench, M., Regenauer-Lieb, K., Stegman, D.R., Morra, G., Farrington, R., Hale, A., May, D.A., Freeman, J., Bourgouin, L., Mühlhaus, H., Moresi, 2008. A model comparison study of large-scale mantle-lithosphere dynamics driven by subduction. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 171 (1-4), pp. 224-234, doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.08.011.

  • Schellart, W.P., Freeman, J., Stegman, D.R., Moresi, L. and May, D., 2007. Evolution and diversity of subduction zones controlled by slab width. Nature, 446(7133): 308-311, doi: 10.1038/nature05615

  • Stegman, D.R., Farrington, R., Capitanio, F.A., Schellart, W.P., 2010. A regime diagram for subduction styles from 3-D numerical models of free subduction. Tectonophysics, 483 (1-2): 29-45, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.041.

  • Stegman, D.R., Schellart, W.P., Freeman, J., 2010. Competing influences of plate width and far-field boundary conditions on trench migration and morphology of subducted slabs in the upper mantle, Tectonophysics, 483 (1-2): 46-57, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.026.

-- Wendy Mason - 28 June 2010
-- Megan Hough - 14 December 2009
-- Margarete Jadamec - 28 October 2009