3D Extension Model with Realistic Topography
The 3D model covers a region 1000km x 1000km x 100 km with a resolution of 128x128x16 (about 8 km/grid point). The crust is 32 km thick everywhere, with topography from a part of the Tibetan plateau just layered on. The north (right side) is pulled at 1 cm/year. The model was run with 128 processors and used an iterative solver (GMRES). Because we used an iterative solver, we had to modify the cohesion so that it does not soften as strongly.
