Magellan utilizes the matplotlib library to plot up the results from the modeling. Figure 1 shows data from the Reykjanes Ridge (Hey et al., 2009). The upper plot shows the data (blue) and the model (orange) from Magellan. The lower plot shows the bathymetry and magnetized blocks with normal (blue) and reversed (white) polarity, calculated from the Cande and Kent (1995) time scale. The bathymetry is considered the upper boundary of the magnetized layers and the lower boundary is the bathymetry duplicated (the thickness is 0.5 km). Two ridge jumps are present, one 5 km to the west (of the failing ridge) at 10 Ma and one 7 km to the east at 15 Ma. The jump file used looks like this
10 -5
15 7
Notice that the first jump has a negative sign (the new ridge forms to the west of the failing ridge). Pseudofaults and failing rifts are shown as vertical lines in the figure, pseudofaults are shown in green and failed rifts in red. Note that two pseudofaults and one failed rift are associated with one jump and the failing rift is always further away from the ridge axis than the pseudofaults.
2010-08-03
