Multimedia Gallery - XSEDE can enhance earthquake research with better tools that map movement of the Earth's mantle.

the Pacific and the Australian tectonic plates and the New Hebrides and Tonga microplates.

July 26, 2011

XSEDE can enhance earthquake research with better tools that map movement of the Earth's mantle.

TeraGrid simulations map the movement of the Earth's mantle for greater insight into earthquakes. Tectonic plate motion is represented by arrows, with viscosity arising from global mantle flow simulation. Plate boundaries, which can be seen as narrow red lines above insert are resolved using an adaptively refined mesh with 1km local resolution. Shown are the Pacific and the Australian tectonic plates and the New Hebrides and Tonga microplates. XSEDE will enable the same kind of work, but will provide greater precision, more detail, and new knowledge.

Credit: Georg Stadler, Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin

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