| Parameter | Definition |
| s shear stress | 10, 30, 50 MPa |
| Vh hanging-wall velocity | 10 mm/yr |
| Vf footwall velocity | - 10 mm/yr |
| V |Vh - Vf| | 20 mm/yr |
| K thermal conductivity | 2.5 W/(m× K) |
| k thermal diffusivity | 8 x 10- 7 m2/s |
| cP heat capacity | 1 kJ/(kg× K) |
| L latent heat of fusion | 400 kJ/kg |
| QS initial surface flux | 70 mW/m2 |
| QB basal heat flux | 30 mW/m2 |
| z radioactivity scale length | 15 km |