The following demo fragments are extracted from the paper
3-D Spherical models for mantle convection, continental drift, and the formation and disintegration of supercontinents
by V. P. Trubitsyn and V. V. Rykov
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Russian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol 1, No. 2, December 1998
(http://rjes.wdcb.ru/v01/tje98005/tje98005.htm or
http://www.agu.org/WPS/rjes/v01/tje98005/tje98005.htm)


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fig03 Figure 3 (7 frames) presents the computation results for the evolution of the mantle-continent system. For the sake of definiteness, the shape of the continent and its position are chosen to be similar to modern Africa. But the structure of mantle convection cannot correspond to the modern Earth, because the state of mantle convection at the moment the continent is placed into the mantle is selected arbitrarily. . . . . . . . .
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This demo is a possible solution for the case when a figure contains a number of similar frames of the same size. Clicking on the icon generates a new window which displays first frame. Use [+] and [-] buttons to navigate between frames. The dymanical capabilities are supported by JavaScript incorporated into HTML document and working on the client side. For more detail look at a source file of displayed multiframe figure.


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fig07 A more detailed continental drift evolution in Model 1 is given in the online version of this paper in the form of a film (anim01). This film contains 55 frames.

 
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This demo is a simple solution for presentation of three-dimensional dynamical figures. Clicking on one of icons generates a new window with corresponding dynamical figure which is built using JavaScript incorporated into HTML document and working on the client side. For more detail look at a source file of displayed figure. This solution has obvious advantage compare with "animated gif", because it gives the possibility to navigate manually between frames.


Last updated on 28 November 2003.