In this three-part tutorial we look at the mechanical deformation of a sedimentary basin under an advancing glacier. In detail we show you a possibility how to

• create a mesh with Gmsh,
• implement space- and time-dependent boundary conditions,
• write an OGS input file,
• visualize the results with ParaView.

As a common programming language we use Python.

Part 1: Preprocessing

Part 2: Solving

Part 3: Postprocessing

Supplementary material

• mesh_basin.msh
• mesh_basin.py
• OGSinput_basin.prj
• timeBCs_glacier.py
• glacierclass.py
• history.sh
• msh2vtu-project on GitHub
• Transient hydrodynamics within intercratonic sedimentary basins during glacial cycles, V. F. Bense M. A. Person, DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000969