Articles | Volume 18, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-10203-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-10203-2025
Development and technical paper
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19 Dec 2025
Development and technical paper |  | 19 Dec 2025

Numerical modelling of diffusion-limited mineral growth for geospeedometry applications

Annalena Stroh, Pascal S. Aellig, and Evangelos Moulas

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Crystal growth and diffusion are common processes in geology. Our software MovingBoundaryMinerals.jl calculates compositional profiles in diffusion couples by simulating diffusion-growth processes for geometries with planar/cylindrical/spherical symmetries. Our software has been tested versus various benchmark cases and is provided as an open access software package. This package allows the further use of diffusion/growth phenomena in the calculation of the thermal histories of rocks.
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