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A Coupled Computational Scheme on Thermal and Phase Structures of Subducting Slabs |
| JING Zhi-Cheng;NING Jie-Yuan |
| Department of Geophysics, Peking University, Beijing 100871
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JING Zhi-Cheng, NING Jie-Yuan 2001 Chin. Phys. Lett. 18 1297-1300 |
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Abstract The thermodynamic processes underwent by olivine, the chief mineral of subducting slabs, are important in studying the mechanisms of deep-focus earthquakes and the interaction between slabs and the surrounding mantle. We proposed a modified coupling scheme to calculate slabs' thermal and phase structures, which presents a high computational accuracy at an accessible CPU expense. Using the new code of computation, we calculated the thermal and phase structures of the Kurile subduction zone.
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02.60.Cb
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Published: 01 October 2001
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(Numerical simulation; solution of equations)
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(Structure of the Earth's interior below the upper mantle)
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91.60.Hg
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(Phase changes)
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