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2024 Crustal Deformation Modeling Workshop
12 Nov 2024 | Contributor(s): Lorraine Hwang, Brad Aagaard, Matthew Knepley, Eric Lindsey, Kathryn Materna, Hilary Martens, Charles Williams
Workshop ReportJune 10-14, 2024Goldden, ColoradoSee calendar for more information.
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TauP
29 Feb 2024 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): H. Philip Crotwell (primary-developer), Thomas J. Owens
The TauP Toolkit is a seismic travel time calculator. In addition to travel times, it can calculate derivative information such as ray paths through the earth, pierce and turning points. It handles many types of velocity models and can calculate times for virtually any seismic phase with a...
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ASPECT Jupyter Notebooks
12 Oct 2023 | Software: Launch | Contributor(s): Rene Gassmoeller
Contains ASPECT Jupyter notebooks
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ASPECT Virtual Desktop
27 Jun 2023 | Software: Launch | Contributor(s): Rene Gassmoeller, Lorraine Hwang, Mohamed Gouiza
A preinstalled ASPECT environment.
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Fault strength evolution during the seismic cycle: Insights from the laboratory
10 Mar 2023 | Webinars | Contributor(s): John Bedford
Geophysical evidence suggests that some faults are frictionally strong, in agreement with laboratory measurements of quasi-static frictional strength (μ ≈ 0.6-0.8) for many crustal materials; whereas others studies have found that some faults are weak when compared to laboratory friction...
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2020 Crustal Deformation Modeling Workshop Report
27 Jul 2022 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Brad Aagaard, Sylvain Barbot, Brittany Erickson, Matthew Knepley, Mark Simons, Charles Williams
Workshop report
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ASPECT Hackathon 2022 Report
23 Jun 2022 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee
2022 ASPECT Hackathon Dates: May 15-24, 2022 Location: Cody, Wyoming
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ASPECT Hackathon 2021 Report
23 Jun 2022 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Organizing Commitee
2021 ASPECT Hackathon Dates: Tuesday July 6 - Friday July 16 Location: Virtual
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2022 Mainshock and aftershock sequence simulations in a nonplanar fault network
19 May 2022 | Webinars | Contributor(s): So Ozawa, Ryosuke Ando
Aftershocks seem to be located along the trace of the mainshock fault; however, due to the location error, we do not know their exact location relative to the mainshock fault. Here, we hypothesize that most aftershocks occur on small subsidiary faults instead of the mainshock fault, and they...
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2022 Poroelastic Implementation in PyLith: Gateway to Multiphysics
13 May 2022 | Webinars | Contributor(s): Robert L Walker
Thursday May 12, 2022 @ 2P PDT Poroelastic Implementation in PyLith: Gateway to Multiphysics Robert Walker, SUNY Buffalo PyLith, a community, open-source code (https://geodynamics.org/resources/pylith) for modeling quasi-static and dynamic crustal deformation with an emphasis on earthquake...
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2022 Energy transfer among flow and magnetic fields with different equatorial symmetry during the dipole reversal in a geodynamo simulation
17 Feb 2022 | Webinars | Contributor(s): Takumi Kera, Hiroaki Matsui, Masaki Matsushima, Yuto Katoh
The geomagnetic field has reversed its polarity, and some numerical dynamos have suggested that anti-symmetric flow with respect to the equator plays a role in reversals. Olson et al., (2004) suggested that the equatorial antisymmetric flow is temporarily strengthened, and transports a locally...
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2021 SMOREs Introduction
02 Nov 2021 | Webinars | 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 | Webinars | 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 | Webinars | 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 | Webinars | 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 | Webinars | Contributor(s): Dante Hickey
2021 SMOREs ShowcaseDante Hickey, Reed College
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ASPECT
31 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Wolfgang Bangerth, Juliane Dannberg, Menno Fraters, Rene Gassmoeller, Anne Glerum, Timo Heister, Robert Myhill, John Naliboff
A finite element parallel code to simulate problems in thermal convection in both 2D and 3D models.ASPECT is a code to simulate problems in thermal convection. Its primary focus is on the simulation of processes in the earth's mantle, but its design is more general than that. The primary...
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SPECFEM3D Cartesian
30 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Dimitri Komatitsch (primary-developer), Jean-Pierre Vilotte (primary-developer), Jeroen Tromp (primary-developer), Daniel Peter (primary-developer), SPECFEM Development Team
SPECFEM3D Cartesian simulates acoustic (fluid), elastic (solid), coupled acoustic/elastic, poroelastic or seismic wave propagation in any type of conforming mesh of hexahedra (structured or not.) It can, for instance, model seismic waves propagating in sedimentary basins or any other regional...
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SPECFEM3D GLOBE
30 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Dimitri Komatitsch (primary-developer), Jean-Pierre Vilotte, Jeroen Tromp (primary-developer), Daniel Peter (primary-developer), SPECFEM Development Team
SPECFEM3D_GLOBE simulates global and regional (continental-scale) seismic wave propagation.Effects due to lateral variations in compressional-wave speed, shear-wave speed, density, a 3D crustal model, ellipticity, topography and bathymetry, the oceans, rotation, and self-gravitation are all...
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SPECFEM3D_GEOTECH
29 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Hom Nath Gharti, Dimitri Komatitsch, Leah Langer, Roland Martin, Voker Oye, Jeroen Tromp, Uno Vaaland, Zhenshen Yan
SPECFEM3D_GEOTECH is an open-source command-driven software for 3D slope stability analysis and simulation of 3D multistage excavation based on the spectral-element method.SPECFEM3D_GEOTECH is a free and open-source command-driven software for 3D slope stability analysis (for more details see...
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SPECFEM2D
29 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Dimitri Komatitsch (primary-developer), Jean-Pierre Vilotte (primary-developer), Daniel Peter (primary-developer), SPECFEM Software Development Team
SPECFEM2D simulates forward and adjoint seismic wave propagation in two-dimensional acoustic, (an)elastic, poroelastic or coupled acoustic-(an)elastic-poroelastic media, with Convolution PML absorbing conditions.Meshing is based for instance upon Gmsh, Cubit, GiD or a...
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SPECFEM1D
29 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): SPECFEM Development Team
SPECFEM1D simulates seismic wave propagation in a one-dimensional heterogeneous medium. It is a small code that allows users to learn how a spectral-element program is written.See specfem.org.
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SW4
29 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): N. Anders Petersson, Bjorn Sjögreen, Houjun Tang, Ramesh Pankajakshan
SW4 implements substantial capabilities for 3-D seismic modeling, with a free surface condition on the top boundary, absorbing super-grid conditions on the far-field boundaries, and an arbitrary number of point force and/or point moment tensor source terms. Each source time function can have one...
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AxiSEM
28 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Tarje Nissen-Meyer (primary-developer), Martin van Driel (primary-developer), Simon Stähler (primary-developer), Kasra Hosseini (primary-developer), Stefanie Hempel (primary-developer), Lion Krischer (primary-developer), Alexandre Fournier (primary-developer)
AxiSEM is a parallel spectral-element method for 3D (an-)elastic, anisotropic and acoustic wave propagation in spherical domains. It requires axisymmetric background models and runs within a 2D computational domain, thereby reaching all desired highest observable frequencies (up to 2Hz) in global...
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SEISMIC_CPML
28 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Dimitri Komatitsch, Roland Martin
SEISMIC_CPML is a set of eleven open-source Fortran90 programs to solve the two-dimensional or three-dimensional isotropic or anisotropic elastic, viscoelastic or poroelastic wave equation using a finite-difference method with Convolutional or Auxiliary Perfectly Matched Layer (C-PML or...
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FLEXWIN
28 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Alessia Maggi
The FLEXWIN software package automates the time-window selection problem for seismologists. It operates on pairs of observed and synthetic single component seismograms, defining windows that cover as much of a given seismogram as possible, while avoiding portions of the waveform that are...
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Mineos
28 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Guy Masters (primary-developer), John Woodhouse (primary-developer), Freeman Gilbert (primary-developer), Michael Ritzwoller (primary-developer), Misha Barmine, Sue Kientz
Mineos computes synthetic seismograms in a spherically symmetric non-rotating Earth by summing normal modes.Attenuation, gravity and transversal anisotropy effects may be optionally taken into account. The package computes mode eigenfrequencies and eigenfunctions, Green's functions and...
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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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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...
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BurnMan
14 Sep 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Sanne Cottaar, Timo Heister, Robert Myhill, Ian Rose, Cayman Unterborn
BurnMan is an open source mineral physics toolbox written in Python to determine seismic velocities for the lower mantle. BurnMan calculates the isotropic thermoelastic moduli by solving the equations-of-state for a mixture of minerals defined by the user. The user may select from a list of...
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ASPECT Hackathon 2018 Final report
06 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee
ASPECT Hackathon 2018 Final report. June 18-28, 2018.
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ASPECT Hackathon 2020 Report
03 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee
ASPECT Hackathon 2020 Report. August 3-7, 10-14, 2020.
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ASPECT Hackathon 2016 Final Report
01 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee
ASPECT Hackathon 2016 Final Report. June 24-July 2, 2016.
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ASPECT Hackathon 2019 Preliminary Report
29 Mar 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee
ASPECT Hackathon 2019 Preliminary Report. May 21-June 1, 2019.
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ASPECT 2020 Virtual User Meeting Log
29 Mar 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee
ASPECT 2020 Virtual User Meeting Log. January 21-23, 2020.
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2019 The Release of the GEM Global Active Faults Database and Global Seismic Hazard Map
04 Feb 2021 | Webinars | 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...
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2019 HeFESTO: A tool for exploring Earth's physical properties and their effects on mantle dynamics
04 Feb 2021 | Webinars | 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...
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2019 Introduction to Quagmire
04 Feb 2021 | Webinars | 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...
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2018 Introduction to thermal-mechanical lithosphere models with surface processes
04 Feb 2021 | Webinars | 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...
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2018 Pythonic Geodynamics
04 Feb 2021 | Webinars | 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...
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2017 Geodynamic modeling with staggered finite differences and marker in cell: theory, teaching and examples
04 Feb 2021 | Webinars | 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...
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2017 Introduction to the spectral-infinite-element method
04 Feb 2021 | Webinars | 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...
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2016 Software Practices in Computational Science Communities – an Overview
04 Feb 2021 | Webinars | 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...
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2016 Resolution analysis by random probing
04 Feb 2021 | Webinars | 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...
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2016 Statistical and computational challenges of constraining greenhouse gas budgets
04 Feb 2021 | Webinars | 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...
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2016 Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Models of Physical Systems
04 Feb 2021 | Webinars | 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...