[CIG-SHORT] Updated strike-slip benchmark plots (revised GeoFEST input)

[Brad Aagaard]

Hi all:

Revised GeoFEST runs that fixed the slip taper have finally progressed through 
the simulation and processing pipeline. Updated plots of the benchmarking 
results are at 
http://www.geodynamics.org:8080/cig/workinggroups/short/workarea/benchmarks/benchmark-strikeslip/plots/. 
The new GeoFEST results look encouraging. There is very close agreement 
between the analytical solution and the GeoFEST output at 250 m resolution. 

The "you need to fix something" pendulum has swung to the PyLith-0.8 side now 
as it now looks like there is a slight glitch in the PyLith-0.8 input. The 
GeoFEST elastic solution agrees much better with the analytical solution than 
the PyLith-0.8 elastic solution, but the two numerical elastic solutions 
should be nearly identical (which they were for the reverse no-gravity 
benchmark). Based on the plots, the slip taper and bottom boundary condition 
in the PyLith input should be scrutinized.

Brad