TECT_Mod3D: TEctonic Construction Tool for Modern Systems
TECT_Mod3D (formerly named SlabGenerator) is a comprehensive software program in C and C++ that I wrote during my PhD to generate three-dimensional
tectonic configurations of tectonic plate boundaries. The program generates a three-dimensional gridded mesh of varying resolution and maps a three-dimensional thermal structure and plate boundary shear zones onto the mesh based on geologic and geophysical constraints (Jadamec, 2009; Jadamec and Billen, 2010, 2012; Jadamec et al., 2012).
I maintain and continue to develop Tect_Mod3D, with my research group building tectonic configurations of the Alaska-Denali fault shear zone system (Haynie and Jadamec, 2017; Jadamec et al., 2013),
Cocos-Nazca and Caribbean (Jadamec, 2016b),
Vanuatu-North Fiji-Tonga system (Jadamec et al., 2011; McLean et al., 2011), as well as simplified subduction zones (Gao, 2018; Jadamec, 2016a; MacDougall et al., 2017). TECT_Mod3D was used to generate what remains as the highest fidelity 3D model of the Alaska subduction system (Jadamec and Billen, 2010, 2012; Jadamec et al., 2013; Haynie and Jadamec, 2017).
The output from TECT_Mod3D can be used as input for natural subduction simulations run on high performance computing facilities,
which coupled with 3D virtual reality for scientific applications (Billen et al., 2008; Jadamec et al., 2008, 2012, 2018; Kellogg et al., 2008;
Kreylos et al., 2006; Vanco et al., 2012)
is facilitating the next phase in model complexity and visualization (Gregurick et al., 2017; Jadamec, 2016b; Jadamec et al., 2018).
Output 3D tectonic configuration from TECT_Mod3D of the Cocos-northern Nazca subduction system (Jadamec, 2016b).
