Toward an Integrated Mathematical Model of Seafloor Hydro- thermal Systems Involving Fracture Mechanics,Chemistry, and the Evolution of Crustal Permeability

我们对洋中脊热液系统的理解是基于对水的温度和流体成分的一些测量。利用基于流体输运和热传递物理的计算机模型模拟热液过程，可以扩展这些测量的价值。pi为此目的开发了计算机模型，并希望将其扩展到包括裂纹形成的影响。这些模型将试图复制已经观察到的温度和流体化学的变化。特别是，他们将尝试将TAG热液场的化学和温度测量与他们的计算机模型的结构和土丘中的水流相匹配。

Our understanding of mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal systems is based on a few measurements of temperatures of the water and compositions of the fluids. The value of these measurements can be extended by simulating the hydrothermal process with computer models that are based on the physics of fluid transport and heat transfer. The PIs have developed computer models for this purpose and wish to extend them to include the effects of crack formation. These models will attempt to duplicate changes in temperature and fluid chemistry that have been observed. In particular they will try to match chemical and temperature measurements at the TAG hydrothermal field with their computer models of the structure and water flow in the mound.