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<DIV>Hi,</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>See the 5.1.5,but we can't download it from China.Are there any ftp 
servers?</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>Cheers</DIV>
<DIV>Ming</DIV>
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<DIV><B>From:</B>&nbsp;<A 
href="mailto:cig-seismo-request@geodynamics.org">cig-seismo-request</A></DIV>
<DIV><B>Date:</B>&nbsp;2012-08-30&nbsp;03:00</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B>&nbsp;<A 
href="mailto:cig-seismo@geodynamics.org">cig-seismo</A></DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B>&nbsp;CIG-SEISMO Digest, Vol 55, Issue 8</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>Send&nbsp;CIG-SEISMO&nbsp;mailing&nbsp;list&nbsp;submissions&nbsp;to</DIV>
<DIV>cig-seismo@geodynamics.org</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>To&nbsp;subscribe&nbsp;or&nbsp;unsubscribe&nbsp;via&nbsp;the&nbsp;World&nbsp;Wide&nbsp;Web,&nbsp;visit</DIV>
<DIV>http://geodynamics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cig-seismo</DIV>
<DIV>or,&nbsp;via&nbsp;email,&nbsp;send&nbsp;a&nbsp;message&nbsp;with&nbsp;subject&nbsp;or&nbsp;body&nbsp;'help'&nbsp;to</DIV>
<DIV>cig-seismo-request@geodynamics.org</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>You&nbsp;can&nbsp;reach&nbsp;the&nbsp;person&nbsp;managing&nbsp;the&nbsp;list&nbsp;at</DIV>
<DIV>cig-seismo-owner@geodynamics.org</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>When&nbsp;replying,&nbsp;please&nbsp;edit&nbsp;your&nbsp;Subject&nbsp;line&nbsp;so&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;more&nbsp;specific</DIV>
<DIV>than&nbsp;"Re:&nbsp;Contents&nbsp;of&nbsp;CIG-SEISMO&nbsp;digest..."</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Today's&nbsp;Topics:</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;instabilities&nbsp;in&nbsp;SPECFEM3D_GLOBE&nbsp;fixed&nbsp;(Dimitri&nbsp;Komatitsch)</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;PS&nbsp;(Dimitri&nbsp;Komatitsch)</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>----------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Message:&nbsp;1</DIV>
<DIV>Date:&nbsp;Wed,&nbsp;29&nbsp;Aug&nbsp;2012&nbsp;13:59:09&nbsp;+0200</DIV>
<DIV>From:&nbsp;Dimitri&nbsp;Komatitsch&nbsp;&lt;komatitsch@lma.cnrs-mrs.fr&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>Subject:&nbsp;[CIG-SEISMO]&nbsp;instabilities&nbsp;in&nbsp;SPECFEM3D_GLOBE&nbsp;fixed</DIV>
<DIV>To:&nbsp;Dimitri&nbsp;Komatitsch&nbsp;&lt;komatitsch@lma.cnrs-mrs.fr&gt;,</DIV>
<DIV>cig-seismo@geodynamics.org</DIV>
<DIV>Cc:&nbsp;Joseph&nbsp;Charles&nbsp;&lt;jcharles@lma.cnrs-mrs.fr&gt;,&nbsp;"A.&nbsp;Datta"</DIV>
<DIV>&lt;ad605@cam.ac.uk&gt;,&nbsp;???&nbsp;&lt;xiezhinan1984@gmail.com&gt;, 
Daniel&nbsp;Peter</DIV>
<DIV>&lt;dpeter@Princeton.EDU&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>Message-ID:&nbsp;&lt;503E040D.7030400@lma.cnrs-mrs.fr&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>Content-Type:&nbsp;text/plain;&nbsp;charset=UTF-8;&nbsp;format=flowed</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Dear&nbsp;all,</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>This&nbsp;summer&nbsp;several&nbsp;users&nbsp;of&nbsp;SPECFEM3D_GLOBE&nbsp;had&nbsp;informed&nbsp;us&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>latest&nbsp;version&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;code&nbsp;was&nbsp;unstable.&nbsp;Daniel&nbsp;Peter&nbsp;has&nbsp;just&nbsp;found&nbsp;and&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>fixed&nbsp;the&nbsp;problem,&nbsp;therefore&nbsp;please&nbsp;get&nbsp;the&nbsp;new&nbsp;version&nbsp;and&nbsp;you&nbsp;should&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>be&nbsp;all&nbsp;set.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Please&nbsp;inform&nbsp;us&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;still&nbsp;get&nbsp;stability&nbsp;issues.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Thank&nbsp;you,</DIV>
<DIV>Best&nbsp;regards,</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Dimitri.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>On&nbsp;08/18/2012&nbsp;03:27&nbsp;PM,&nbsp;Dimitri&nbsp;Komatitsch&nbsp;wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;Dear&nbsp;Arjun,</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;Thank&nbsp;you&nbsp;for&nbsp;your&nbsp;bug&nbsp;report.&nbsp;This&nbsp;bug&nbsp;has&nbsp;also&nbsp;been&nbsp;noticed&nbsp;by&nbsp;other</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;users&nbsp;before&nbsp;the&nbsp;summer.&nbsp;Two&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;GLOBE&nbsp;developers&nbsp;(Daniel&nbsp;Peter&nbsp;and</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;Joseph&nbsp;Charles;&nbsp;I&nbsp;cc&nbsp;them)&nbsp;are&nbsp;currently&nbsp;investigating&nbsp;it&nbsp;and&nbsp;fixing&nbsp;it.</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;Hopefully&nbsp;we&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;release&nbsp;a&nbsp;new&nbsp;version&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;middle&nbsp;of</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;September.&nbsp;We&nbsp;will&nbsp;then&nbsp;send&nbsp;an&nbsp;email&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;CIG&nbsp;mailing&nbsp;list.</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;Sorry&nbsp;about&nbsp;the&nbsp;problem.&nbsp;It&nbsp;seems&nbsp;someone&nbsp;committed&nbsp;a&nbsp;modification&nbsp;that</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;made&nbsp;the&nbsp;package&nbsp;unstable.</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;(you&nbsp;can&nbsp;thus&nbsp;temporarily&nbsp;revert&nbsp;to&nbsp;an&nbsp;older&nbsp;version&nbsp;(which&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;get</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;SVN&nbsp;server&nbsp;using&nbsp;"svn&nbsp;checkout&nbsp;-r&nbsp;YYYY",&nbsp;where&nbsp;YYYY&nbsp;is&nbsp;an&nbsp;old</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;release&nbsp;number&nbsp;(which&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;get&nbsp;using&nbsp;"svn&nbsp;log"&nbsp;and&nbsp;selecting&nbsp;a</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;version&nbsp;from&nbsp;a&nbsp;few&nbsp;months&nbsp;ago,&nbsp;or&nbsp;maybe&nbsp;even&nbsp;2011&nbsp;or&nbsp;2010&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;safe).</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;Thank&nbsp;you,</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;Dimitri.</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;On&nbsp;07/31/2012&nbsp;01:49&nbsp;PM,&nbsp;A.&nbsp;Datta&nbsp;wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Hi,</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;I&nbsp;have&nbsp;been&nbsp;using&nbsp;SPECFEM3D&nbsp;GLOBE&nbsp;for&nbsp;some&nbsp;forward&nbsp;global&nbsp;simulations&nbsp;but</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;my&nbsp;simulations&nbsp;often&nbsp;terminate&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;following&nbsp;error&nbsp;message:</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;"forward&nbsp;simulation&nbsp;became&nbsp;unstable&nbsp;and&nbsp;blew&nbsp;up&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;fluid"</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;From&nbsp;a&nbsp;glance&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;code&nbsp;I&nbsp;know&nbsp;this&nbsp;corresponds&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;maximum</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;potential</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;in&nbsp;fluid&nbsp;in&nbsp;all&nbsp;slices&nbsp;becoming&nbsp;greater&nbsp;than&nbsp;a&nbsp;threshold&nbsp;value&nbsp;(or</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;negative).</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Can&nbsp;someone&nbsp;please&nbsp;explain&nbsp;what&nbsp;this&nbsp;means,&nbsp;i.e.&nbsp;when&nbsp;this&nbsp;happens&nbsp;?</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Could</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;it&nbsp;have&nbsp;anything&nbsp;to&nbsp;do&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;meshing&nbsp;?&nbsp;I&nbsp;use&nbsp;NEX_XI&nbsp;=192&nbsp;and</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;NPROC_XI&nbsp;=</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;3,&nbsp;so&nbsp;as&nbsp;to&nbsp;engage&nbsp;54&nbsp;processors.</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Arjun</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>--&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Dimitri&nbsp;Komatitsch&nbsp;-&nbsp;komatitsch&nbsp;aT&nbsp;lma.cnrs-mrs.fr</DIV>
<DIV>CNRS&nbsp;Research&nbsp;Director&nbsp;(DR&nbsp;CNRS),&nbsp;Laboratory&nbsp;of&nbsp;Mechanics&nbsp;and&nbsp;Acoustics,</DIV>
<DIV>UPR&nbsp;7051,&nbsp;Marseille,&nbsp;France&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;http://komatitsch.free.fr</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>------------------------------</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Message:&nbsp;2</DIV>
<DIV>Date:&nbsp;Wed,&nbsp;29&nbsp;Aug&nbsp;2012&nbsp;14:03:09&nbsp;+0200</DIV>
<DIV>From:&nbsp;Dimitri&nbsp;Komatitsch&nbsp;&lt;komatitsch@lma.cnrs-mrs.fr&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>Subject:&nbsp;[CIG-SEISMO]&nbsp;PS</DIV>
<DIV>To:&nbsp;cig-seismo@geodynamics.org</DIV>
<DIV>Cc:&nbsp;Daniel&nbsp;Peter&nbsp;&lt;dpeter@Princeton.EDU&gt;,&nbsp;"A.&nbsp;Datta"&nbsp;&lt;ad605@cam.ac.uk&gt;,</DIV>
<DIV>Joseph&nbsp;Charles&nbsp;&lt;jcharles@lma.cnrs-mrs.fr&gt;,&nbsp;???</DIV>
<DIV>&lt;xiezhinan1984@gmail.com&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>Message-ID:&nbsp;&lt;503E04FD.9030605@lma.cnrs-mrs.fr&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>Content-Type:&nbsp;text/plain;&nbsp;charset=UTF-8;&nbsp;format=flowed</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>PS:&nbsp;that&nbsp;new&nbsp;version&nbsp;of&nbsp;SPECFEM3D_GLOBE&nbsp;has&nbsp;several&nbsp;other&nbsp;bug&nbsp;fixes&nbsp;and&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>improvements&nbsp;(in&nbsp;particular&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;case&nbsp;of&nbsp;viscoelasticity);&nbsp;therefore&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>we&nbsp;encourage&nbsp;users&nbsp;to&nbsp;upgrade&nbsp;to&nbsp;version&nbsp;5.1.5.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Best&nbsp;regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Dimitri.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>On&nbsp;08/29/2012&nbsp;01:59&nbsp;PM,&nbsp;Dimitri&nbsp;Komatitsch&nbsp;wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;Dear&nbsp;all,</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;This&nbsp;summer&nbsp;several&nbsp;users&nbsp;of&nbsp;SPECFEM3D_GLOBE&nbsp;had&nbsp;informed&nbsp;us&nbsp;that&nbsp;the</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;latest&nbsp;version&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;code&nbsp;was&nbsp;unstable.&nbsp;Daniel&nbsp;Peter&nbsp;has&nbsp;just&nbsp;found&nbsp;and</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;fixed&nbsp;the&nbsp;problem,&nbsp;therefore&nbsp;please&nbsp;get&nbsp;the&nbsp;new&nbsp;version&nbsp;and&nbsp;you&nbsp;should</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;be&nbsp;all&nbsp;set.</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;Please&nbsp;inform&nbsp;us&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;still&nbsp;get&nbsp;stability&nbsp;issues.</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;Thank&nbsp;you,</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;Best&nbsp;regards,</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;Dimitri.</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;On&nbsp;08/18/2012&nbsp;03:27&nbsp;PM,&nbsp;Dimitri&nbsp;Komatitsch&nbsp;wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Dear&nbsp;Arjun,</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Thank&nbsp;you&nbsp;for&nbsp;your&nbsp;bug&nbsp;report.&nbsp;This&nbsp;bug&nbsp;has&nbsp;also&nbsp;been&nbsp;noticed&nbsp;by&nbsp;other</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;users&nbsp;before&nbsp;the&nbsp;summer.&nbsp;Two&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;GLOBE&nbsp;developers&nbsp;(Daniel&nbsp;Peter&nbsp;and</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Joseph&nbsp;Charles;&nbsp;I&nbsp;cc&nbsp;them)&nbsp;are&nbsp;currently&nbsp;investigating&nbsp;it&nbsp;and&nbsp;fixing&nbsp;it.</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Hopefully&nbsp;we&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;release&nbsp;a&nbsp;new&nbsp;version&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;middle&nbsp;of</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;September.&nbsp;We&nbsp;will&nbsp;then&nbsp;send&nbsp;an&nbsp;email&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;CIG&nbsp;mailing&nbsp;list.</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Sorry&nbsp;about&nbsp;the&nbsp;problem.&nbsp;It&nbsp;seems&nbsp;someone&nbsp;committed&nbsp;a&nbsp;modification&nbsp;that</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;made&nbsp;the&nbsp;package&nbsp;unstable.</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;(you&nbsp;can&nbsp;thus&nbsp;temporarily&nbsp;revert&nbsp;to&nbsp;an&nbsp;older&nbsp;version&nbsp;(which&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;get</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;SVN&nbsp;server&nbsp;using&nbsp;"svn&nbsp;checkout&nbsp;-r&nbsp;YYYY",&nbsp;where&nbsp;YYYY&nbsp;is&nbsp;an&nbsp;old</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;release&nbsp;number&nbsp;(which&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;get&nbsp;using&nbsp;"svn&nbsp;log"&nbsp;and&nbsp;selecting&nbsp;a</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;version&nbsp;from&nbsp;a&nbsp;few&nbsp;months&nbsp;ago,&nbsp;or&nbsp;maybe&nbsp;even&nbsp;2011&nbsp;or&nbsp;2010&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;safe).</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Thank&nbsp;you,</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Dimitri.</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;On&nbsp;07/31/2012&nbsp;01:49&nbsp;PM,&nbsp;A.&nbsp;Datta&nbsp;wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Hi,</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;I&nbsp;have&nbsp;been&nbsp;using&nbsp;SPECFEM3D&nbsp;GLOBE&nbsp;for&nbsp;some&nbsp;forward&nbsp;global&nbsp;simulations</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;but</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;my&nbsp;simulations&nbsp;often&nbsp;terminate&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;following&nbsp;error&nbsp;message:</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;"forward&nbsp;simulation&nbsp;became&nbsp;unstable&nbsp;and&nbsp;blew&nbsp;up&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;fluid"</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;From&nbsp;a&nbsp;glance&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;code&nbsp;I&nbsp;know&nbsp;this&nbsp;corresponds&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;maximum</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;potential</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;in&nbsp;fluid&nbsp;in&nbsp;all&nbsp;slices&nbsp;becoming&nbsp;greater&nbsp;than&nbsp;a&nbsp;threshold&nbsp;value&nbsp;(or</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;negative).</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Can&nbsp;someone&nbsp;please&nbsp;explain&nbsp;what&nbsp;this&nbsp;means,&nbsp;i.e.&nbsp;when&nbsp;this&nbsp;happens&nbsp;?</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Could</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;it&nbsp;have&nbsp;anything&nbsp;to&nbsp;do&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;meshing&nbsp;?&nbsp;I&nbsp;use&nbsp;NEX_XI&nbsp;=192&nbsp;and</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;NPROC_XI&nbsp;=</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;3,&nbsp;so&nbsp;as&nbsp;to&nbsp;engage&nbsp;54&nbsp;processors.</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Arjun</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>--&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Dimitri&nbsp;Komatitsch&nbsp;-&nbsp;komatitsch&nbsp;aT&nbsp;lma.cnrs-mrs.fr</DIV>
<DIV>CNRS&nbsp;Research&nbsp;Director&nbsp;(DR&nbsp;CNRS),&nbsp;Laboratory&nbsp;of&nbsp;Mechanics&nbsp;and&nbsp;Acoustics,</DIV>
<DIV>UPR&nbsp;7051,&nbsp;Marseille,&nbsp;France&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;http://komatitsch.free.fr</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>------------------------------</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>_______________________________________________</DIV>
<DIV>CIG-SEISMO&nbsp;mailing&nbsp;list</DIV>
<DIV>CIG-SEISMO@geodynamics.org</DIV>
<DIV>http://geodynamics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cig-seismo</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>End&nbsp;of&nbsp;CIG-SEISMO&nbsp;Digest,&nbsp;Vol&nbsp;55,&nbsp;Issue&nbsp;8</DIV>
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