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Hi Po-Hao,<div> There was some initial work by the VPAC-Monash group to incorporate magma dynamics into Underworld/St Germaine as part of the stgMADDS (St Germain, Magma-Dynamics Demonstration Suite) projects. I don't know if this has been incorporated into GALE but Walter would know.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition, there is a general Magma Dynamics Working group, whose long range plan is to integrate magma dynamics/fluid migration into all of CIG geodynamics codes. I've also produced a FEniCS-PETSc version of the MADDs Suite (which needs to be updated to the latest version of the FEniCS code suite, but is available on the mercurial servers at CIG). However, the expectation for major future development will probably be code built on the deal.ii code base. I will be discussing some of these issues at the CIG business meeting at AGU, and I would be happy to discuss any of this, plus the Magma Dynamics working group with you (and anyone else interested in magma/fluids). Just let me know</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Marc Spiegelman</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div>----------------------------------------------------</div><div>Marc Spiegelman</div><div>Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory</div><div>Dept. of Applied Physics/Applied Math</div><div>Columbia University</div><div><a href="http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~mspieg">http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~mspieg</a></div><div>tel: 845 704 2323 (SkypeIn)</div><div>----------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div></span></div><div><div> <br><div><div>On Nov 23, 2009, at 11:35 PM, <a href="mailto:pkao@umn.edu">pkao@umn.edu</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Dear Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics(CIG) staffs / members,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I am a postdoc in the Geofluids Research Group<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">(<a href="http://www.geo.umn.edu/orgs/geofluids">www.geo.umn.edu/orgs/geofluids</a>) in the Department of Geology and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Geophysics at the University of Minnesota. My postdoc adviser is Dr. Martin<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Saar and I am also working closely with Dr. Christian Teyssier. They have<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">received an NSF grant to include porous medium fluid flow into a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">geodynamics code such as Ellipsis or Gale. Specifically, we are interested<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">in including groundwater or partial melt flow capabilities into Gale, if<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">they do not already exist. Could you let us know if this capability already<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">exists in Gale (or is under development) or if there is interest in us<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">initiating this effort.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Also, I have downloaded the user manual from the Gale website, and have<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">been trying to figure out how the Gale code works and what geologic</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">applications it can simulate. The user manual is very clear, however, I</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">have not found much detail for developers on how the Gale code is</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">structured. Are there any developers resources that we could get access to?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">We would greatly appreciate the opportunity to participate in the</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">development of Gale, particularly with respect to introducing porous medium</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">fluid flow. We look forward to hearing from you.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Kind regards,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Dr. Po-Hao Kao</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Geofluids Post-Doctoral Assistant</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Department of Geology and Geophysics</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">University of Minnesota</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">CIG-LONG mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:CIG-LONG@geodynamics.org">CIG-LONG@geodynamics.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://geodynamics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cig-long">http://geodynamics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cig-long</a></div> </blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div><br></div></span></span> </div><br></div></div></body></html>