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| Numerical Modelling Applied to Continent-Continent Collision |
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| In the last two decades progress in computer technology allowed the development of cost-effective numerical modelling techniques. Numerical modelling consists in designing a simplified geological system (geometry, density, viscosity, temperature...) and applying to it dynamical (forces) or kinematic (velocities) conditions at its boundaries. The evolution of the model is controlled by the equations governing the heat balance and the stress balance. These equations are solved on a number of point covering the entire model. What follows show an example of such modelling applied to mountain belt. |
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Model geometry and boundary condition. |
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