Introduction to Quagmire

Feb 1, 2019·
Louis Moresi
Louis Moresi
Dr. Ben Mather
Dr. Ben Mather
· 1 min read
Abstract
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 a collection of high level classes that can form parallel triangulations, gradient formation, stream-power calculations, catchment computation, lake detection etc. all of which can be used to write compact landscape codes in python. Quagmire also provides the concept of meshes and mesh variables that we try to make as similar as possible to the comparable concept in Underworld. Quagmire is a work in progress but gradually growing. We would like to encourage people to use the tools and contribute ideas.
Date
Feb 1, 2019 9:00 AM — 10:00 AM
Location

CIG Webinars

events

About CIG Webinars

The CIG Webinar Series draws from a pool of experts from mathematicians, to computer scientists, and to geoscientists, among others to bring together a cross-cutting community of faculty, students and researchers to both inform and disseminate knowledge on the tools and methodologies employed to further the study of problems in geodynamics.

In 2018-2019, our theme covers open source codes in geodynamics including perspectives on the next generation of community codes and open source codes and tools that are available to the community.

The one hour webinars will be held the 2nd Thursday of each month October through May. Webinars will be recorded for later viewing. Reminders and details will be sent out through the cig-all mailing list.

Running Zoom

Click the link below to join the webinar using zoom on your PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android:

https://zoom.us/j/818491291

Or Telephone:

  • +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll)
  • +1 646 876 9923 (US Toll)
  • Meeting ID: 384 711 375

Please remember to join early to check your connection. You will be automatically muted upon entry.

More information about zoom can be found on their website www.zoom.us

Basin Modelling Parallel-Programming Surface Processes Python
Louis Moresi
Authors
Louis Moresi
Professor of Computational Mathematics & Geophysics
Louis Moresi specialises in computational geodynamics, developing the Underworld software to model mantle convection, lithospheric deformation, and plate tectonics. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and the American Geophysical Union.
Dr. Ben Mather
Authors
Dr. Ben Mather
ARC Industry Research Fellow

I am an ARC Industry Research Fellow in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at The University of Melbourne. I am an expert in fusing Earth evolution models with data to understand how groundwater moves critical minerals through the landscape. Related research interests include the cycling of volatiles within the Earth, probabilistic thermal models of the lithosphere to unravel past tectonic and climatic events, and understanding the how enigmatic volcanoes form.

I am a vocal advocate for the integral role of geoscience in responding to challenges we face in transitioning to the carbon-neutral economy. As an expert in my field, I have been interviewed in national and international print media, TV, and radio on a wide variety of subjects including earthquakes, volcanoes, groundwater, and critical minerals.