iEarth5-271.in: "Asia" experiment reduced cFric in P-T-B orogen (from Diorite2 standard) 0.085 fFric = fault friction coefficient (during slip) 0.205 cFric = continuum friction coefficient 1.00 Biot = coefficient of pore pressure in effective-normal-stress equation 0.00 Byerly= fractional friction reduction on master fault [Bird & Kong, 1994] 1.32E6, 2.23E4 aCreep = shear-stress coefficient of creep law, crust/mantle 10524., 16494. bCreep = creep activation energy/n/R, in K, crust/mantle 0.00793, 0.01037 cCreep = derivative of exponential numerator w.r.t. depth, in K/m, crust/mantle 5.E8, 5.E8 dCreep = maximum shear stress at any temperature/strain-rate, Pa, crust/mantle 0.26667 eCreep = exponent on strain-rate in creep-strength law, = 1/n, same for crust & mantle 1412., 6.1E-4 tAdiab, gradie = intercept (in K) and slope (in K/m) of upper mantle adiabat 400.E3 zBAsth = depth (in m) of base of upper mantle (end of olivine=rich layer) AF pltRef = plate held fixed in boundary conditions (and velocity reference frame) 6, 1.00 iConve, vTimes = convection under lithosphere (codes 0:6 given below, vTimes needed for iConve > 0; also see trHMax below) 8.0E6 trHMax = upper limit on basal tractions from mantle convection (in Pa; may be 0.0 for free-slip, regardless of iConve) 1.1E12 tauMax = limit on down-dip integral of tractions in subduction megathrusts, oceanic/continental (or one value for both) 1032. rhoH2O = density of (salty?) water, in kg/m**3, at atmospheric pressure and surface T (e.g., 4 C) 2889., 3332. rhoBar = mean densities of crust/mantle rocks, in kg/m**3, at 0K and low P 3125. rhoAst = density of asthenosphere, in kg/m**3, at its typical adiabatic temperature, but low P 9.8 gMean = gravitational acceleration at surface of planet, m/s**2 (e.g., 9.8 for Earth) 1000. oneKm = length of 1 kilometer, expressed in current length units (e.g., 1000. meters if using SI units) 6371000. radius = mean radius of the planet, in m (if using SI units) (e.g., 6371000. for Earth) 2.4E-5,3.94E-5 alphaT = volumetric thermal expansion coefficients, in /C or /K, crust/mantle 2.7, 3.20 conduc = thermal conductivity, crust/mantle (for SI units, in W/m/C) 3.5E-7, 3.2E-8 radio = volumetric radioactive heat production (for SI units, in W/m**3) 273. tSurf = surface temperature of planet, in K 1223., 1673. temLim = temperature limits (due to melting) in crust/mantle-lithosphere, in Kelvin(!) 80 maxItr = maximum number of iterations of the velocity solution (e.g., 80?) 0.0005 okToQt = acceptable level of fractional change in RMS velocity which stops iteration 50.E6 refStre = reference level of shear stress in lithosphere, for initiating linearization of rheology, in Pa 1.00E-11 okDelV = acceptable level of velocity errors due to necessary limit on highest viscosity, in m/s F everyP = switch: Shall velocities of nodes be output in every iteration (for convergence studies)? ====================================================================================================== MEMO about possible values of iConve: 0 = lower mantle is static (with respect to AF) 1 = Hager and O'Connell (1979) minimum-flow kinematic Model II 2 = Baumgardner (1988) dynamic model of Figure 7A-F, * 10. because Ra was too low 3 = PB2002 (Bird, 2003) (i.e., lower mantle flow is identical to surface velocities) 4 = PB2002 flow which drags continents; but NO drag on oceanic lithosphere 5 = drag on base of subduction forearc only (for local models) 6 = sense & traction from traction pole vector for each plate (use vTimes = 1.0)