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Computational simulation that depicts a rising temperature plume within the Earth's mantle.
Modeling Mantle Convection: A sequence of snapshots from a simulation of a model of the Earth's mantle showing a convection problem. Images depict rising temperature plume within the Earth's mantle, indicating the dynamically-evolving mesh required to resolve steep thermal gradients.
Credit: Simulations by Rhea Group (Carsten Burstedde, Omar Ghattas, Georg Stadler, Tiankai Tu, Lucas Wilcox), in collaboration with George Biros (Penn), Michael Gurnis (Caltech), and Shijie Zhong (Colorado). Texas Advanced Computing Center.
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