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2020 Crustal Deformation Modeling Workshop Report
27 Jul 2022 | Contributor(s): Brad Aagaard, Sylvain Barbot, Brittany Erickson, Matthew Knepley, Mark Simons, Charles Williams
Workshop report
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2021 CIG
18 Nov 2021 | Contributor(s): CIG Staff
Presentation and recording of the 2021 CIG Annual Business Meeting November 18, 2021 ~@1-2:30P PT.
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2021 CIG Annual Business Meeting
18 Nov 2021 | Contributor(s): CIG Staff
Presentation from the 2021 CIG Annual Business Meeting, November 18 @1-2:30P PT.
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2021 SMOREs Introduction
02 Nov 2021 | Contributor(s): John Naliboff
2021 SMOREs ShowcaseJohn Naliboff, New Mexico Tech
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2021 Interactions between Lithospheric Instabilities and Formation of Mantle Plumes in Venus
02 Nov 2021 | Contributor(s): Hiva Mohammadzadeh
2021 SMOREs ShowcaseHiva Mohammadzadeh, Los Angeles Pierce College
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2021 Early Earth Influence of Radiogenic Heating on Mid-Ocean Ridge Depths and Seafloor Subsidence
02 Nov 2021 | Contributor(s): Keneni Godana
2021 SMOREs ShowcaseKeneni Godana, University of Illinois at Chicago
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2021 Bayesian Uncertainty Quantification of Subduction Zone Rheology from the Geoid
02 Nov 2021 | Contributor(s): Elena Ehrlich
2021 SMOREs ShowcaseElena Ehrlich, North Carolina State University
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2021 As Above So Below: A Simulation of the Continental Lithosphere and LLSVPs as Thermal Insulators Using ASPECT
02 Nov 2021 | Contributor(s): Dante Hickey
2021 SMOREs ShowcaseDante Hickey, Reed College
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PyLith
27 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Brad Aagaard (primary-developer), Charles A. Williams (primary-developer), Matthew Knepley (primary-developer)
PyLith is a finite-element code for dynamic and quasistatic simulations of crustal deformation, primarily earthquakes and volcanoes. Binary packages are available for macOS and Linux. Detailed installation instructions for the binary packages are in the PyLith manual.
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Relax
26 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Sylvain Barbot (primary-developer)
Relax implements a semi-analytic Fourier-domain solver and equivalent body forces to compute quasi-static relaxation of stress perturbation.It is not an acronym, it's a motto!The open-source program Relax evaluates the displacement and stress in a half space with gravity due to...
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Virtual Quake
26 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): John M. Wilson, Kasey W. Schultz, Eric M. Heiein, Michael K. Sacks, John B. Rundle
Virtual Quake (formerly Virtual California) is a boundary element code that performs simulations of fault systems based on stress interactions between fault elements to understand long term statistical behavior.
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SELEN
25 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Giorgio Spada (primary-developer), Daniele Melini (primary-developer)
SELEN: a program for solving the "Sea Level Equation.The open source program SELEN solves numerically the so-called "Sea Level Equation" (SLE) for a spherical, layered, non-rotating Earth with Maxwell viscoelastic rheology. The SLE is an integral equation that was introduced in...
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LithoMop
22 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Charles A. Williams (primary-developer)
LithoMop is a finite element code for the solution of the visco-elastic/plastic deformation that was designed for lithospheric modeling problems.A newer version of LithoMop, called PyLith, has been released by CIG.
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2021 CIG Community Research Highlights
02 Aug 2021 | Documents | Contributor(s): Lorraine Hwang
Research highlights solicited from the community for CIG IV,
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Megathrust friction in the 2010 Maule earthquake area in relation to forearc morphology and mechanical stability, and to earthquake rupture dynamics
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Nadaya Cubas, J.P. Avouac, N. Lapusta, Y. Leroy, P. Souloumiac
Megathrust friction in the 2010 Maule earthquake area in relation to forearc morphology and mechanical stability, and to earthquake rupture dynamics. June 18-22, 2012. Nadaya Cubas, J.P. Avouac, N. Lapusta.
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The nucleation of a laboratory earthquake: Implications for foreshocks and minimum earthquake size
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Greg McLaskey, Brian Kilgore, Nick Beeler, Dave Lockner
The nucleation of a laboratory earthquake: Implications for foreshocks and minimum earthquake size. June 18-22, 2012. Greg McLaskey, Brian Kilgore, Nick Beeler, Dave Lockner.
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Slow slip events simulated using a friction law with a velocity-weakening to -strengthening transition
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Jessica Hawthorne, Allan Rubin
Slow slip events simulated using a friction law with a velocity-weakening to -strengthening transition. June 18-22, 2012. Jessica Hawthorne, Allan Rubin.
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Crust‐mantle interactions of the Escalante anomaly, Colorado Plateau
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Jolante van Wijk
Crust‐mantle interactions of the Escalante anomaly, Colorado Plateau. June 18-22, 2012. Jolante van Wijk.
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Geodetic Source Inversion Validation
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Rowena Lohman
Geodetic Source Inversion Validation. June 18-22, 2012. Rowena Lohman.
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Understanding slip on oceanic transform faults through observations from the lab to the fault scale
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Margaret Boettcher
Understanding slip on oceanic transform faults through observations from the lab to the fault scale. June 18-22, 2012. Margaret Boettcher.
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Constraints on slow slip events from geodetic observations
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): David Schmidt, Haiying Gao
Constraints on slow slip events from geodetic observations. June 18-22, 2012. David Schmidt, Haiying Gao.
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Bayesian Earthquake Modeling
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Sarah Minson, Mark Simons, James L. Beck, Junle Jiang, Fransisco H. Ortega, Asaf Inbal, Susan E. Owen, Anthony Sladen
Bayesian Earthquake Modeling. June 18-22, 2012. Sarah Minson.
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Interpreting interseismic observations with elastic block models
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Jack Loveless, Brendan Meade
Interpreting interseismic observations with elastic block models. June 18-22, 2012. Jack Loveless, Brendan Meade.
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Scientific issues raised by using GPS data to estimate fault slip rates
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Kaj Johnson, Bob Simpson, Jim Savage, Wayne Thatcher
Scientific issues raised by using GPS data to estimate fault slip rates. June 18-22, 2012. Kaj Johnson & UCERF3/GPS Group, Bob Simpson, Jim Savage, Wayne Thatcher.
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Fault slip rates, distributed deformation rates, and long-term seismicity estimated with kinematic F-E program NeoKinema
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Peter Bird
Fault slip rates, distributed deformation rates, and long-term seismicity estimated with kinematic F-E program NeoKinema. June 18-22, 2012. Peter Bird.
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CUBIT: Examples of 3-D meshing
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Brad Aagaard
CUBIT: Examples of 3-D meshing. June 18-22, 2012. Brad Aagaard.
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Green's Functions: Inverting Geodetic Data for Fault Slip with 2-D Earth Structure
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Charles Williams, Brad Aagaard, Matt Knepley
Green's Functions: Inverting Geodetic Data for Fault Slip with 2-D Earth Structure. June 18-22, 2012. Charles Williams, Brad Aagaard, Matt Knepley.
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Crustal Deformation Modeling Tutorial: PyLith: Introduction to Dynamic Spontaneous Rupture
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Brad Aagaard, Matthew Knepley, Charles Williams
Crustal Deformation Modeling Tutorial: PyLith: Introduction to Dynamic Spontaneous Rupture. June 18-22, 2012. Brad Aagaard, Matthew Knepley, Charles Williams.
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Crustal Deformation Modeling Tutorial: PyLith: Modeling Afterslip with Friction
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Brad Aagaard, Matthew Knepley, Charles Williams
Crustal Deformation Modeling Tutorial: PyLith: Modeling Afterslip with Friction. June 18-22, 2012. Brad Aagaard, Matthew Knepley, Charles Williams.
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Using PETSc Solvers in PyLith
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Matthew Knepley, Brad Aagaard, Charles Williams
Using PETSc Solvers in PyLith. June 18-22, 2012. Matthew Knepley, Brad Aagaard, Charles Williams.
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CUBIT: 3-D Meshing with Nonplanar Surfaces
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Charles Williams, Brad Aagaard, Matt Knepley
CUBIT: 3-D Meshing with Nonplanar Surfaces. June 18-22, 2012. Charles Williams, Brad Aagaard, Matt Knepley.
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Crustal Deformation Modeling Tutorial: PyLith: Introduction to Fault Friction
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Brad Aagaard, Matthew Knepley, Charles Williams
Crustal Deformation Modeling Tutorial: PyLith: Introduction to Fault Friction. June 18-22, 2012. Brad Aagaard, Matthew Knepley, Charles Williams.
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Crustal Deformation Modeling Tutorial: PyLith/CUBIT: 2-D subduction zone with coseismic and interseismic deformation
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Brad Aagaard, Charles Williams, Matthew Knepley
Crustal Deformation Modeling Tutorial: PyLith/CUBIT: 2-D subduction zone with coseismic and interseismic deformation. June 18-22, 2012. Brad Aagaard, Charles Williams, Matthew Knepley.
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Crustal Deformation Modeling Tutorial: Overview of CUBIT
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Brad Aagaard, Rowena Lohman, Charles Williams, Matthew Knepley
Crustal Deformation Modeling Tutorial: Overview of CUBIT. June 18-22, 2012. Brad Aagaard, Rowena Lohman, Charles Williams, Matthew Knepley.
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Overview of PyLith
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Charles Williams, Brad Aagaard, Matthew Knepley
Overview of PyLith. June 18-22, 2012. Charles Williams, Brad Aagaard, Matthew Knepley.
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Relax: Semi-analytic Fourier-domain solver and equivalent body forces for quasi-static relaxation of stress perturbation
02 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Sylvain Barbot
Relax: Semi-analytic Fourier-domain solver and equivalent body forces for quasi-static relaxation of stress perturbation. June 18-22, 2012. Sylvain Barbot.
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2015 ASPECT: From Benchmarking to 3D Subduction Applications
04 Feb 2021 | Webinars | Contributor(s): Cedric Thieulot, Anne Glerum, Menno Fraters, Wim Spakman
ASPECT, the Advanced Solver for Problems in Earth's Convection, is an extensible open source, community supported code. The code is being applied to a broad range of problems in geodynamics. This talk will explore the community's efforts in benchmarking, implementation of...
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2015 An introduction to Virtual Quake
04 Feb 2021 | Webinars | Contributor(s): Kasey Schultz, John Wilson
This webinar will introduce Virtual Quake, a boundary element code that performs simulations of fault systems based on stress interactions between fault elements to understand long term statistical behavior. The webinar will cover:Downloading, installing and running Virtual...
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2015 Simulating seismic wave propagation with SW4
04 Feb 2021 | Webinars | Contributor(s): Anders Petersson
This webinar describes how to use the SW4 code to simulate ground motion due to earthquakes. After a brief overview of the numerical method, we describe how to set up a simulation in terms of seismic sources, the material model, visco-elastic attenuation, and topography. We also present some of...
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2015 An introduction to BurnMan - a mineral physics toolkit
03 Feb 2021 | Webinars | Contributor(s): Sanne Cottar, Timo Heister, Bob Myhill, Ian Rose, Cayman Unterborn
In this webinar we will introduce the extensible, open source mineral physics toolkit BurnMan. This software allows the user to calculate the elastic and thermodynamic properties of rocks, minerals, fluids and melts based on the properties of end-member phases. BurnMan is bundled with...