\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{1}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2}The Quake simulations}{1}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3}Mesh properties}{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1}Global mesh properties}{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2}Global partitioned mesh properties}{4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3}Local partitioned mesh properties}{5}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4}Communication properties}{6}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.1}Global communication properties}{6}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2}Local communication properties}{8}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5}Computation properties}{12}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.1}Global computation properties}{14}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2}Local computation properties}{15}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {6}Concluding remarks}{17}