Studies of Three Dimensional Convection with Surface Plates

这是对三维地幔对流的数值研究。该模型包括由体力和基底牵引力驱动的岩石圈板块。这些计算将解决与岩石圈板块的运动和演化有关的一些重要问题，以及它们如何影响地幔中的流动。问题包括：(1)板块运动引入的环状流动如何影响变形和地幔混合速率；(2)多个板块与地幔对流相互作用，以及单个板块运动与下伏地幔流动之间的关系；(3)研究地幔对流在板块中产生的应力，以及板块受力的变化如何影响板块变形和形成新的板块边界。

This is a study of numerical studies of three-dimensional mantle convection. The model includes lithospheric plates driven by body forces and basal tractions. The calculations will address a number of important questions bearing on the motion and evolution of lithospheric plates, and how they influence flow in the mantle. Problems include (1) studies of how the toroidal flow introduced by plate motions influences deformation and the rate of mixing in the mantle; (2) multiple plates interact with mantle convection, and the relation between individual plate motions and the underlying mantle flow; (3) studies of the stress induced in plates by mantle convection, and how changes in the forces on plates influences their deformation and the formation of new plate boundaries.