Using the level set method in geodynamical modeling of multi-material flows and Earth's free surface

Hillebrand, B.; Thieulot, C.; Geenen, T.; van den Berg, A. P.; Spakman, W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-1087-2014

Articles | Volume 5, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-1087-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-1087-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 5, issue 2

Method article

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18 Nov 2014

Method article |

| 18 Nov 2014

Using the level set method in geodynamical modeling of multi-material flows and Earth's free surface

B. Hillebrand, C. Thieulot, T. Geenen, A. P. van den Berg, and W. Spakman

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Final revised paper (published on 18 Nov 2014)
Preprint (discussion started on 09 Jul 2014)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C653: 'Review of Hillebrand et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Jul 2014
- AC C861: 'Response to comments and questions referee #1', Bram Hillebrand, 03 Sep 2014
RC C690: 'Level set method in geodynamical models', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Jul 2014
- AC C864: 'Response to comments and questions referee #2', Bram Hillebrand, 03 Sep 2014

Short summary

Our paper demonstrates that the level set method is a viable method for material tracking in multi-material flow models. The different benchmarks illustate several advantages that the level set method provides over tracer-based methods. We therefore conclude that the level set method is well suited for geodynamical modeling.