Improved High Resolution Models of Subduction Dynamics: Use of transversely isotropic viscosity with a free-surface
Xi Liu1, Michael Gurnis2, Georg Stadler3, Johann Rudi4, Vishagan Ratnaswamy5 and Omar Ghattas4, (1)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)California Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)New York University, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, NY, United States, (4)The University of Texas at Austin, ICES, Austin, TX, United States, (5)Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, United States