Solid Earth
Solid Earth
SE
Articles | Volume 15, issue 5
Articles | Volume 15, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-567-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-567-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 5
Research article
 | 
07 May 2024
Research article |  | 07 May 2024

The influence of viscous slab rheology on numerical models of subduction

Natalie Hummel, Susanne Buiter, and Zoltán Erdős

Viewed

Total article views: 3,814 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
2,539 1,097 178 3,814 196 272
  • HTML: 2,539
  • PDF: 1,097
  • XML: 178
  • Total: 3,814
  • BibTeX: 196
  • EndNote: 272
Views and downloads (calculated since 28 Jul 2023)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 28 Jul 2023)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 3,814 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 3,741 with geography defined and 73 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 
Latest update: 06 May 2026
Download
Short summary
Simulations of subducting tectonic plates often use material properties extrapolated from the behavior of small rock samples in a laboratory to conditions found in the Earth. We explore several typical approaches to simulating these extrapolated material properties and show that they produce very rigid subducting plates with unrealistic dynamics. Our findings imply that subducting plates deform by additional mechanisms that are less commonly implemented in simulations.
Read more
Share