Articles | Volume 17, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5057-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5057-2024
Development and technical paper
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03 Jul 2024
Development and technical paper |  | 03 Jul 2024

Automatic adjoint-based inversion schemes for geodynamics: reconstructing the evolution of Earth's mantle in space and time

Sia Ghelichkhan, Angus Gibson, D. Rhodri Davies, Stephan C. Kramer, and David A. Ham

Model code and software

g-adopt/g-adopt: v2.1.0 (v2.1.0) Angus Gibson et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10050733

Software used in `Software for g-adopt v2.1.0' (Firedrake_20231027.0) firedrake-zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10047031

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Short summary
We introduce the Geoscientific ADjoint Optimisation PlaTform (G-ADOPT), designed for inverse modelling of Earth system processes, with an initial focus on mantle dynamics. G-ADOPT is built upon Firedrake, Dolfin-Adjoint and the Rapid Optimisation Library, which work together to optimise models using an adjoint method, aligning them with seismic and geologic datasets. We demonstrate G-ADOPT's ability to reconstruct mantle evolution and thus be a powerful tool in geosciences.