Advective Heat Transport and the Salt Chimney Effect: A Numerical Analysis

Figure 5

Model results for an axially symmetric diapir with a salt-sediment interface dipping at 90° (a, b), 60° (c, d), and 45° (e, f). The colors represent temperature, the shaded white region represents salt, and the vectors represent either mass flux (kg s⁻¹ m⁻²) (a, c, e) or heat flow (W m⁻²) (b, d, f). Dark gray arrows denote general flow directions.