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Table 3 Frictional and creep parameters used in the BDT calculation

From: Gravimetric and morpho-structural analyses in the superhot geothermal system Los Humeros: an example from central Mexico

Frictional parameters

Creep parameters

\(\boldsymbol{\alpha }\)

ρ [kg/m3]

\({\varvec{\lambda}}\)

\({\varvec{A}}\boldsymbol{ }[{{\varvec{M}}{\varvec{P}}{\varvec{a}}}^{-2.3}{{\varvec{s}}}^{-1}]\)

\({\varvec{n}}\)

\({\varvec{E}}\boldsymbol{ }[{\varvec{J}}\boldsymbol{ }{{\varvec{m}}{\varvec{o}}{\varvec{l}}}^{-1}]\)

0.68

2670

0.4–0.9

3.2×10−4

2.3

154000

  1. Assuming a continental crust that is mechanically governed by quartz’s rheological behavior, parameters for wet quartz-controlled rheology were chosen (Ranalli 1995, 1997)