The Geodynamic World Builder
Description
The Geodynamic World Builder (GWB) is an open source code library intended to set up initial conditions for computational geodynamic models and/or visualize complex 3d teconic setting, in both Cartesian and Spherical geometries. The inputs for the JSON-style parameter file are not mathematical, but rather a structured nested list describing tectonic features, e.g. a continental, an oceanic or a subducting plate. Each of these tectonic features can be assigned a specific temperature profile (e.g. plate model) or composition label (e.g. uniform). For each point in space, the GWB can return the composition and/or temperature. It is written in C++, but can be used in almost any language through its C, Python and Fortran wrappers. Various examples of 2D and 3D subduction settings are presented.
Files
manual.pdf
Additional details
Related works
- Is supplement to
- Journal article: https://se.copernicus.org/articles/10/1785/2019/ (URL)
- Software: https://github.com/GeodynamicWorldBuilder/WorldBuilder/tree/v0.3.0 (URL)