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  1. 1907, 1915, 1941: Examples of the Critical Value of Historical Seismograms for the Study of Subduction Processes

    24 Mar 2021 | Contributor(s): Emile Okal

    1907, 1915, 1941: Examples of the Critical Value of Historical Seismograms for the Study of Subduction Processes. September 18-19, 2019. Emile Okal. 

  2. 2-D and 3-D FEM Derived Elastic Green's Functions

    12 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Ya-Ju Hsu, Mark Simons, Charles Wiliams, Emanuele Casarotti

    2-D and 3-D FEM Derived Elastic Green's Functions - Application to the coseismic and postseismic deformation of the 2005 Mw8.7 Nias-Simeulue, Sumatra earthquake. June 25-29, 2007. Ya-Ju Hsu, Mark Simons, Charles Wiliams, Emanuele Casarotti. 

  3. 2-D Subduction Zone with Coseismic and Interseismic Deformation

    08 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Charles Williams, Brad Aagaard, Matthew Knepley

    Crustal Deformation Modeling Tutorial: 2-D Subduction Zone with Coseismic and Interseismic Deformation. Charles Williams, Brad Aagaard, Matthew Knepley. June 23, 2014. 

  4. 2005 CIG Five-Year Strategic Plan

    07 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Staff

    Five-year Strategic Plan: Sept. 1, 2005 to Aug. 31, 2010.Submitted July 26, 2005.

  5. 2005 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

    07 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Staff

    Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting.May 2, 2005, Berkeley, CA.

  6. 2006 CIG Five-Year Strategic Plan

    29 Jan 2021 | Contributor(s): Staff

    Five-year Strategic Plan: Sept. 1, 2006 to Aug. 31, 2011.Submitted July 17, 2006.

  7. 2007 CIG Five-Year Strategic Plan

    07 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Staff

    Five-Year Strategic Plan: Sept. 1, 2007 to Aug. 31, 2012.

  8. 2007 CIG/SPICE/IRIS Workshop Program and Abstracts

    30 Mar 2021 | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee

    2007 CIG/SPICE/IRIS Workshop Program and Abstracts. October 9-11, 2007. 

  9. 2009 CIG Annual Report

    07 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Staff

    Annual Report:Aug. 31, 2009. 

  10. 2009 Gale Developer Meeting Density, Strainrate, and Velocity Movies

    31 Mar 2021 | Contributor(s): Anonymous

    2009 Gale Developer Meeting Density, Strainrate, and Velocity Movies. August 5-6, 2008. 

  11. 2011 PyLith and GALE Tutorials at Earthscope Example Files

    30 Mar 2021 | Contributor(s): Brad Aagaard, Charles Williams, Matt Knepley

    2011 PyLith and GALE Tutorials at Earthscope Example Files. May 17, 2011. 

  12. 2013 CIG Strategic Plan & Annual Report

    07 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Staff

    2013-2014 Strategic Plan & Annual Report.June 2013.

  13. 2013 CIG-QUEST-IRIS Workshop: Seismic Imaging of Structure and Source Abstract Volume

    28 Mar 2021 | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee

    2013 CIG-QUEST-IRIS Workshop: Seismic Imaging of Structure and Source Abstract Volume. July 14-17, 2013. 

  14. 2013 CIG-QUEST-IRIS Workshop: Seismic Imaging of Structure and Source Agenda

    28 Mar 2021 | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee

    2013 CIG-QUEST-IRIS Workshop: Seismic Imaging of Structure and Source Agenda. July 14-17, 2013. 

  15. 2014 CIG Mantle and Lithosphere Dynamics Workshop Abstracts

    26 Mar 2021 | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee

    2014 CIG Mantle and Lithosphere Dynamics Workshop Abstracts. May 5-7, 2014. 

  16. 2014 CIG Strategic Plan & Annual Report

    05 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Staff

    CIG 2014-2015 Strategic Plan & Annual Report.June 2014.

  17. 2014 CIG-EarthScope Institute for Lithospheric Modeling Workshop Report

    26 Mar 2021 | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee

    2014 CIG-EarthScope Institute for Lithospheric Modeling Workshop Report. February 3-4, 2014. 

  18. 2014 Positioning CIG

    05 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Staff

    Positioning CIG.September 2014.

  19. 2015 AGU Week

    05 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Staff

    2015 AGU Week - 2015 Business Meeting.14 December 2015.San Fransisco, CA.

  20. 2015 An introduction to BurnMan - a mineral physics toolkit

    03 Feb 2021 | 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...

  21. 2015 An introduction to Virtual Quake

    04 Feb 2021 | 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...

  22. 2015 ASPECT: From Benchmarking to 3D Subduction Applications

    04 Feb 2021 | 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...

  23. 2015 CIG Strategic Plan & Annual Report

    05 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Staff

    CIG 2015-2016 Strategic Plan & Annual Report.June 2015.

  24. 2015 PyLith Modeling Tutorial Section III Solver Parameter Files

    11 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee

    2015 PyLith Modeling Tutorial Section III: Optimizing Solver Parameters Solver Parameter .cfg Files. 

  25. 2015 Simulating seismic wave propagation with SW4

    04 Feb 2021 | 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...

  26. 2016 CIG Annual Report

    05 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Staff

    CIG 2015-2016 Annual Report.July 2016.

  27. 2016 Resolution analysis by random probing

    04 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Andreas Fichtner, Tristan van Leeuwen

    We present a new method for resolution analysis in tomography, based on stochastic probing of the Hessian or resolution operators. Key properties of the method are (i) low algorithmic complexity and easy implementation, (ii) applicability to any tomographic technique, including full-waveform...

  28. 2016 Software Practices in Computational Science Communities – an Overview

    04 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Anshu Dubey

    Scientific code developers typically adopt software processes derived from the mainstream (non-scientific) community when continuing without them becomes impractical. However, many software best practices need modification and/or customization, partly because the codes are used for...

  29. 2016 Statistical and computational challenges of constraining greenhouse gas budgets

    04 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Anna M. Michalak

    Predicting future changes to the global carbon cycle (and therefore climate) and quantifying anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) both require an understanding of net GHGs emissions and uptake across a variety of spatial and temporal scales.  This talk will explore some of the...

  30. 2016 Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Models of Physical Systems

    04 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Habib Najm

    Models of physical systems typically involve inputs/parameters that are determined from empirical measurements, and therefore exhibit a certain degree of uncertainty. Estimating the propagation of this uncertainty into computational model output predictions is crucial for purposes...

  31. 2016 Verification, Validation, and Predictive Capability: What's What?

    04 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): William Oberkampf

    Engineering and geosciences organizations must increasingly rely on computational simulation for the design, predicted response, and performance of manmade and natural systems. Computational analysts,  decision makers, and regulatory authorities who rely on simulation should have practical...

  32. 2017 CIG Annual Report

    05 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Staff

    CIG 2016-2017 Annual Report and Science and Work Plan.July 2017.

  33. 2017 Geodynamic modeling with staggered finite differences and marker in cell: theory, teaching and examples

    04 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Taras Gerya

    Numerical modeling of geodynamic processes is an essential approach in both science and industry with ever- growing demand and high efficiency/cost ratio. Current trend in geodynamic modeling is to develop universal approaches with potentially unlimited number of applications. One simple...

  34. 2017 GNSS TEWS Workshop

    26 Mar 2021 | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee

    2017 GNSS TEWS Workshop. July 24-27, 2017. 

  35. 2017 Introduction to the spectral-infinite-element method

    04 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Hom Nath Gharti, Jeroen Tromp

    The governing equations for the elastic-gravitational deformation of an Earth model involve a perturbed gravitational potential. The gravitational potential is governed by Poisson’s equation inside the Earth and by Laplace’s equation in the rest of space. The infinite domain...

  36. 2018 AGU Week

    05 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Staff

    2018 Fall AGU Meeting.December 10-14.Washington, D.C.

  37. 2018 CIG Annual Report

    29 Jan 2021 | Contributor(s): Staff

    CIG 2017-2018 Annual Report.July 2018.

  38. 2018 Introduction to thermal-mechanical lithosphere models with surface processes

    04 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Louis Moresi, Romain Beucher

    Surface processes including erosion, transport and sedimentation have the potential to strongly influence crustal and lithospheric deformation whether passively, through isostatic response, or more actively by affecting the thermal structure, the potential energy field, and / or the local stress...

  39. 2018 PyLith Hackathon Report

    06 Apr 2021 | Contributor(s): Brad Aagaard

    2018 PyLith Hackathon Report. August 3, 2018. Brad Aagaard. 

  40. 2018 Pythonic Geodynamics

    04 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Gabriele Morra, David A. Yuen, Sang-Mook Lee

    Students and young researchers who want to learn to use computational tools for geodynamic modeling have the option to choose among a wide range of numerical tools. I will show how Python and its libraries represent an easy-to-use platform for self-learning, with performance close to compiled...

  41. 2019 AGU Week

    05 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Staff

    CIG 2019 Business Meeting.11 December 2019.San Fransisco, CA.

  42. 2019 CIG Annual Report

    29 Jan 2021 | Contributor(s): Staff

    CIG 2018-2019 Annual Report.July 2018.

  43. 2019 Crustal Deformation Modeling Workshop Report

    09 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee

    2019 Crustal Deformation Modeling Workshop Report. August 1, 2019. Brad Aagaard.

  44. 2019 HeFESTO: A tool for exploring Earth's physical properties and their effects on mantle dynamics

    04 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Lars Stixrude

    The minerals that exist at the extreme pressure and temperature conditions of the mantle and their physical properties determine the dynamics of the mantle. Both are also critical for comparison with seismic observations that put constraints on our knowledge of mantle structure and...

  45. 2019 Introduction to Quagmire

    04 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Louis Moresi, Ben Mather, Romain Beucher

    Quagmire is an open source, parallel python module for modelling surface processes and landscape evolution. It comes from the Underworld geodynamics group and has many common design patterns to Underworld. For starters, this is not an out-of-the-box landscape evolution code — it is instead...

  46. 2019 The Release of the GEM Global Active Faults Database and Global Seismic Hazard Map

    04 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Richard Styron

    In late 2018, the Global Earthquake Model Foundation (GEM) released the initial version of several major products relating to seismic hazard and risk, including the Global Seismic Hazard Map, the Global Seismic Risk Map, and the Global Active Faults Database. Though these are intended primarily...

  47. 2020 CIG Annual Report

    05 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s): Staff

    CIG 2019-2020 Annual Report.July 2020.

  48. 2020 CIG Strategic Objectives

    29 Jan 2021 | Contributor(s): Staff

    2020 CIG Strategic Objectives. Revised May 2020. 

  49. 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

  50. 2020 Numerical models of lower crustal flow explain Yellowstone's "tectonic parabola"

    07 Oct 2021 | Webinars | Contributor(s): Jonathan Perry-Houts

    Several hypotheses exist for the origin of the seismically active region of high topography surrounding the Yellowstone hotspot track. Among these is the idea that a dense mid-crustal sill has driven viscous lower crust away from the hotspot track, producing crustal thinning/subsidence in the...