The following demo fragment is extracted from the paper
A numerical evolutionary model of interacting continents floating
on a spherical Earth
by V. P. Trubitsyn and V. V. Rykov,
Russian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol 3, No. 2, May 2001
(http://rjes.wdcb.ru/v03/tje01057/tje01057.htm or
http://www.agu.org/WPS/rjes/v03/tje01057/tje01057.htm)
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| Group 5 |
Groups 2,
3,
and 4
include, respectively, 192, 55
and 60 frames showing the entire model motion evolution of
continents on a developed sphere in respective time intervals
of 0 to 1000 Myr, 1000 to 2500 Myr and 2500 to 4300 Myr.
Group 5
includes frames for selected time moments, showing more
clearly the position of continents on a hemisphere,
distributions of heat flux through the continents shown by
their contours and temperature distributions at a depth of 350
km under the continents. The latter show that the continents
invariably tend to profile pulled toward cold mantle
downwellings.
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This demo is similar to the Sample 2 but has enhanced interface with possibilities
to view images as a movie or frame-by-frame, to change movie speed, and select
frames with predefined parameters. For more detail look at a source files of
displayed figures.
Last updated on 28 November 2003.