University of Maine SECS Numerical Laboratory

Welcome to UMaine Geodynamics

This wiki is a means for accessing research and educational modules produced by the geodynamics group at UMaine.

The left side panel provides links to current and past research. 21 articles, in English.

News

• 2/28/19: New teaching modules for fluid flow, advective, and convective heat transfer are in the works, courtesy of the Dr. Koons' Fluid Dynamics class.

• 4/20/18: New tutorials on Wiki Use have come as well as a few software tutorials!

• 4/11/18: The "Current Research" and "Previous Research" sidebar navigations are receiving their own page and the long sidebar list will soon be removed.

• 4/4/18: There are new sidebar entries for "Watershed Hydrology" and "Maine Lake Sedimentation," and the "Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics" section has been updated to include our latest research efforts with SPH.

• 3/30/18: The wiki has been fully updated to the latest version of Mediawiki (1.30). The PDFEmbed extension has been installed allowing for easy embedding of PDFs to the wiki.
  

• 3/7/18: A Geodynamics Box has been created to add materials and files to in anticipation for future additions to this wiki.
  

• 2/17/15: Sam Roy made revisions to Tectonic-Geomorphic-Climatic Interaction (NSF-EAR-1324637, 1323137)

• 10/28/15: An "Events" section has been added to the sidebar in anticipation of the upcoming GeoPRISMS collaborative session at UMaine.
  Participants can find session announcements and links to PDFs on the GeoPRISMS Workshop 2015 page.

• 10/1/15: Lynn Kaluzienski created "Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics," complete with model descriptions and animations.

• 9/17/15: Sam Roy updated text and model results in Subduction Zone Dynamics in the Mantle and at the Earth's Surface:

• 5/26/15: fault motion and landscape evolution model results have been updated: The role of surface displacement in landscape evolution

• 3/26/15: Sam Roy added modeling work on Mantle Wedge Hydration under "Previous Research": Mantle Wedge Hydration

• 3/18/15: Sam Roy and Nick Richmond have been running coupled FLAC/CHILD models to investigate orographic precipitation. Stay tuned!

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Research

• 2018: Strain Partitioning and Fault Segmentation

• 2018: Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

• 2018: Microtopography and Surface Water Detention

• 2018: Penobscot Watershed Hydrology and History

• 2018: Sedimentation in Maine Lakes

• 2018: Glacier Edge Dynamics