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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 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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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 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 CIG Community Research Highlights
02 Aug 2021 | Contributor(s): Lorraine Hwang
Research highlights solicited from the community for CIG IV,
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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 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 SMOREs Introduction
02 Nov 2021 | Contributor(s): John Naliboff
2021 SMOREs ShowcaseJohn Naliboff, New Mexico Tech
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2023 PyLith Hackathon
02 Aug 2023 | Contributor(s): Brad Aagaard
Workshop report
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3D spherical gridding
27 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s): Christian Huettig
3D spherical gridding based on equidistant, constant volume cells for FV/FD methods. June 19, 2005. Christian Huettig.
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A finite volume solution method for thermal convection in a spherical shell with strong temperature- and pressure-dependent viscosity
27 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s): Kai Stemmer, H. Harder, U. Hansen
A finite volume solution method for thermal convection in a spherical shell with strong temperature- and pressure-dependent viscosity. June 19, 2005. Kai Stemmer, H. Harder, U. Hansen.
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An Introduction to the TeraGrid
27 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s): Jeffrey Gardner
An Introduction to the TeraGrid. June 20, 2005. Jeffrey Gardner.
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Finite Prandtl Number Convection
27 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s): Catherine A. Hier-Majumder
Finite Prandtl Number Convection. June 20, 2005. Catherine A. Hier-Majumder.
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Grain size-dependent viscosity convection
27 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s): Slava Solomatov
Grain size-dependent viscosity convection. June 23, 2005. Slava Solomatov.
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How do we know if plate-like calculations are really plates and does it matter?
27 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s): Scott King
How do we know if plate-like calculations are really plates and does it matter? June 22, 2005. Scott King.
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How to Stabilize Superplumes
27 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s): Eh Tan, Mike Gurnis
How to Stabilize Superplumes (Compressible thermo-chemical convection on African superplume). June 20, 2005. Eh Tan, Mike Gurnis.
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Influences of Compositional Stratification
27 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s): Sarah Zaranek, E.M. Parmentier
Influences of Compositional Stratification. June 19, 2005. Sarah Zaranek, E.M. Parmentier.
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Influences of the Postperovskite Transiton on Lower Mantle Dynamics
27 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s): David Yuen, Charley Kameyama, Radek Matyska, Marie Behounokova
Influences of the Postperovskite Transiton on Lower Mantle Dynamics. June 20, 2005. David Yuen, Charley Kameyama, Radek Matyska, Marie Behounokova.
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Investigating large-scale mantle heterogeneity using the thermochemical extension of CitcomS
27 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s): Allen K. McNamara
Investigating large-scale mantle heterogeneity using the thermochemical extension of CitcomS. June 20, 1005. Allen K. McNamara.
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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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Mantle Plume Volcanism on Present-day Mars
27 Dec 2020 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Walter Kiefer
Mantle Plume Volcanism on Present-day Mars. June 20, 2005. Walter Keifer.
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Plumbing the Depths
27 Dec 2020 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Marc Spiegelman, Richard Katz
Plumbing the Depths: Towards an integration of magma dynamics and global mantle convection. June 23, 2005. Marc Spiegelman, Richard Katz.
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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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Pyre
27 Dec 2020 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Michael Aivazis
Pyre - An overview of a software architecture for scientific applications. June 20, 2005. Michael Aivazis.
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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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Rheologic Controls on Slab Dynamics
27 Dec 2020 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Magali Billen
Rheologic Controls on Slab Dynamics. June 23, 2005. Magali Billen.
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Seismic anisotropy
27 Dec 2020 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Thorsten Becker
Seismic anisotropy from nested flow models with fabric development: enough already? June 21, 2005. Thorsten Becker.
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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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Subduction Dynamics
27 Dec 2020 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Mike Gurnis
Subduction Dynamics: From Initiation to Maturity. June 22, 2005. Mike Gurnis, Chad Hall.
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The Existence, Longevity and Composition of Mantle Plumes and Hotspot Volcanoes
27 Dec 2020 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Mark Jellinek, Michael Manga
The Existence, Longevity and Composition of Mantle Plumes and Hotspot Volcanoes.June 19, 2005. Mark Jellinek, Michael Mark.
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Thermo-chemical convection: a comparison of numerical methods, and application to modeling planetary evolution
27 Dec 2020 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Paul Tackley
Thermo-chemical convection: a comparison of numerical methods, and application to modeling planetary evolution. June 20, 2005. Paul Tackley.
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Thermochemical mantle plumes: tracers, markers and chains
27 Dec 2020 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Peter van Keken, Shu-Chuan (Sky) Lin
Thermochemical mantle plumes: tracers, markers and chains. June 19, 2005. Peter van Keken, Shu-Chuan (Sky) Lin.
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Three-dimensional numerical simulations of thermo-chemical multiphase convection in Earth's Mantle
27 Dec 2020 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Takashi Nakagawa, Paul J. Tackley
Three-dimensional numerical simulations of thermo-chemical multiphase convection in Earth's Mantle. June 19, 2005. Takashi Nakagawa, Paul J. Tackley.
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Unlocking the Secrets of the Rocky Planets
27 Dec 2020 | Workshops | Contributor(s): John Baumgardner
Numerical and Benchmarking Issues for 3D Spherical Codes (Unlocking the Secrets of the Rocky Planets) June 19, 2005. John Baumgardner
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Upper Mantle Dynamics Expressed in Hotspot Basalt Chemistry
27 Dec 2020 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Garrett Ito, Todd Bianco, John Mahoney, Janet Becker, Michael Garcia
Upper Mantle Dynamics Expressed in Hotspot Basalt Chemistry. June 19, 2005. Garrett Ito, Todd Bianco, John Mahoney, Janet Becker, Michael Garcia.
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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.