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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions cookbooks/continental_extension/continental_extension.prm
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# values below, relative to previous versions of the cookbook, are now consistent with the correct
# scaling procedure outlined in Dannberg et al. (2017).
set Prefactors for dislocation creep = background: 7.37e-15, \
crust_upper: 1.37e-26, \
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Here is the real change.

crust_lower: 5.71e-23, \
crust_upper: 8.57e-28, \
crust_lower: 7.13e-18, \
mantle_lithosphere: 7.37e-15

set Stress exponents for dislocation creep = background: 3.5, \
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Also, feel free to check the Jupyter notebook I attached. Here I also added markdown blocks to explain what I did. One potential problem is the 1 MPa constant water fugacity I assumed for the wet anorthite flow law.

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"# Conversion of Continental Material Flow-Law Prefactors from Experiments to ASPECT"
]
},
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"cell_type": "code",
"execution_count": null,
"id": "a1c36c8f",
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"import numpy as np"
]
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"id": "a45a578c",
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"source": [
"# Wet Quartzite from Gleason and Tullis (1995)\n",
"\n",
"The total conversion factor includes two parts.\n",
"\n",
"First, the factor change due to unit conversion from the experimental formulation \n",
"($\\mu$m → m and MPa → Pa):\n",
"\n",
"$$\n",
"F_{\\text{unit}} = 10^{-6n - 6p}\n",
"$$\n",
"\n",
"Second, the factor change due to the use of **shear strain rate** in the experiments\n",
"versus the **second invariant of the strain rate tensor** used in ASPECT:\n",
"\n",
"$$\n",
"F_{s} = \\frac{3^{\\frac{n+1}{2}}}{2}\n",
"$$\n",
"\n",
"Here, $n$ is the reported stress exponent and $p$ is the reported grain-size exponent.\n",
"\n",
"The prefactor used in ASPECT and the experimental prefactor are therefore related by\n",
"\n",
"$$\n",
"A_{\\text{ASPECT}} = F_{\\text{unit}} \\, F_{s} \\, A_{\\text{exp}}\n",
"$$"
]
},
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"cell_type": "code",
"execution_count": null,
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"metadata": {},
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"source": [
"\n",
"# Gleason and Tullis (1995) - Wet Quartzite - Dislocation Creep\n",
"pfct_gt95_wqtz_disl_rprt = 1.1e-4 # Original reported prefactor in units of MPa^-n micrometers^m\n",
"sexp_gt95_wqtz_disl_rprt = 4.0 # Original reported stress exponent\n",
"gexp_gt95_wqtz_disl_rprt = 0 # Original reported grain size exponent\n",
"\n",
"# Convert prefactor to units of Pa^-n meters^m s^-1\n",
"pfct_gt95_wqtz_disl_unit = (pfct_gt95_wqtz_disl_rprt) * \\\n",
" (1.e-6**sexp_gt95_wqtz_disl_rprt) * \\\n",
" (1.e-6**gexp_gt95_wqtz_disl_rprt)\n",
"\n",
"# Calculate prefactor scaling term\n",
"pfct_gt95_wqtz_disl_sfac = 3.**((sexp_gt95_wqtz_disl_rprt+1.)/2.) / 2\n",
"\n",
"\n",
"# Calculated modified prefactor term for ASPECT\n",
"pfct_gt95_wqtz_disl_aspt = pfct_gt95_wqtz_disl_unit * pfct_gt95_wqtz_disl_sfac\n",
"\n",
"print('')\n",
"print('Gleason and Tullis (1995) Wet Quarzite Dislocation Prefactor Scaling = ', pfct_gt95_wqtz_disl_sfac)\n",
"print('Gleason and Tullis (1995) Wet Quarzite Dislocation Prefactor ASPECT = ', pfct_gt95_wqtz_disl_aspt)\n",
"print('')"
]
},
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"id": "0c0bc1b5",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"# Wet Anorthite from Rybacki et al. (2006)\n",
"\n",
"This study uses **water fugacity** explicitly in the original flow law formulation. \n",
"Therefore, we need to include an additional factor associated with the water fugacity term. \n",
"The simplest approach is to assume a constant water fugacity:\n",
"\n",
"$$\n",
"F_{H_2O} = f_{H_2O}^{\\,r}\n",
"$$\n",
"\n",
"Here, $f_{H_2O}$ is the water fugacity, taken as a constant value of **1 MPa**, and $r$ is the reported water fugacity exponent.\n",
"\n",
"The other two factors have the same formulation as in the previous case. \n",
"Therefore, the prefactor used in ASPECT and the experimental prefactor are related by\n",
"\n",
"$$\n",
"A_{\\text{ASPECT}} = F_{H_2O} \\, F_{\\text{unit}} \\, F_s \\, A_{\\text{exp}}\n",
"$$"
]
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"# Rybacki et al. (2006) - Wet Anorthite - Dislocation Creep\n",
"pfct_ry06_want_disl_rprt = 10.**(0.2) # Original reported log(prefactor) in units of MPa^(-n-r) micrometers^m\n",
"sexp_ry06_want_disl_rprt = 3.0 # Original reported stress exponent\n",
"gexp_ry06_want_disl_rprt = 0 # Original reported grain size exponent\n",
"wfug_ry06_want_disl_rprt = 1 # Original reported water fugacity\n",
"constant_fug = 1 # 1MPa\n",
"\n",
"# Convert prefactor to units of Pa^(-n-r) meters^m s^-1\n",
"pfct_ry06_want_disl_unit = pfct_ry06_want_disl_rprt * \\\n",
" (1.e-6**(sexp_ry06_want_disl_rprt)) * \\\n",
" (1.e-6**gexp_ry06_want_disl_rprt)\n",
"\n",
"# Calculate water fugacity term\n",
"pfct_ry06_want_disl_ffac = constant_fug**wfug_ry06_want_disl_rprt\n",
"\n",
"# Calculate prefactor scaling term\n",
"pfct_ry06_want_disl_sfac = 3.**((sexp_ry06_want_disl_rprt+1.)/2.) / 2.0\n",
"\n",
"# Calculated modified prefactor term for ASPECT\n",
"pfct_ry06_want_disl_aspt = pfct_ry06_want_disl_ffac * pfct_ry06_want_disl_unit * pfct_ry06_want_disl_sfac\n",
"\n",
"print('')\n",
"print('Rybacki et al. (2006) Wet Anorthite Dislocation Prefactor Scaling = ', pfct_ry06_want_disl_sfac)\n",
"print('Rybacki et al. (2006) Wet Anorthite Dislocation Prefactor ASPECT = ', pfct_ry06_want_disl_aspt)\n",
"print('')"
]
}
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