@article {Simula.SC.92,
	title = {Increasing the Usability and Accessibility of Geodynamic Modelling Tools to the Geoscience Community: UnderworldGUI},
	journal = {Visual Geosciences},
	volume = {13},
	number = {1},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {25-36},
	publisher = {Elsevier},
	abstract = {Geoscientists are faced with a number of complexities that represent obstacles to the development of realistic simulation of deep earth processes. Realistic 4D thermo-mechanical simulation using software packages like Underworld and Gale, when combined appropriately with geoscientific expertise, can lead to novel insights into the deformation of geological structures at a wide range of time and spatial scales. The challenge for end-user geoscientists lies in applying their knowledge within the framework of the software\&$\#$39;s input specification, including initial, internal, and boundary conditions and output visualization parameters. We have built a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to remove many of the difficulties related to editing the Extensible Markup Language (XML) encoded input files of Underworld/Gale geomodels and therefore, to greatly broaden the user base of these software packages. By helping Underworld/Gale to meet a large audience, we provide a tool to the geoscience community that helps to move from untested conceptual models to physically valid, properly scaled modelling. Furthermore, the UnderworldGUI offers a mechanism for storing and retrieving experimental models in a centralised database, thus providing the geoscience community with a means to share the outcomes of its experimental research. Further details of the UnderworldGUI are available at the web site http://www.wiki.vislab.usyd.edu.au/moinwiki/UnderworldGUI.},
	author = {Goyette, Shea and Takatsuka, Masa and Clark, Stuart and M{\"u}ller, Dietmar and Rey, Patrice and Stegman, Dave}
}
