Abstract. Geodynamical simulations over the past decades have widely been built on quadrilateral and hexahedral finite elements. For discretization of key Stokes equation describing slow, viscous flow, most codes use either unstable Q1×P0 element, a stabilized version equal-order Q1×Q1 or more recently stable Taylor–Hood element with continuous (Q2×Q1) discontinuous (Q2×P-1) pressure. However, ...

This paper presents quantitative estimates of the strain rates for southern part Siberian craton derived from GPS data. The obtained results confirmed theoretical concept low (10 –9 ×year –1 ) in intra-platform areas. is based on raw measurement data open sources, previously reported displacement velocities, and Laboratory Recent Geodynamics Institute Earth's Crust SB RAS. It shown that 5 menti...