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Julia hackathon
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This week, I attended the 9th edition of the Julia hackathon. The attendees were the usual suspects from Mainz and Zürich, with a couple of fresh faces from elsewhere as well. I mostly worked on integrating JustPIC.jl into my own code DEDLoc and rethinking the way I compute numerical errors. Click here to find out more about the biannual hackathon.
Visit at the University of Leeds
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I visited the University of Leeds for 2 days and gave a seminar on thermal runaway and deep-focus earthquakes. Afterwards, I had a lot of very nice discussions with the earthquake and volcano deformation researchers at the insitute.
New paper published
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A new paper is out in Geoscientific Model Development! Check it out here!
Website is starting to come together
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Website is slowly growing and almost looking usable by now. Great news, right? I am mostly writing these posts to test things. I hope they will have some content one day.
Website goes online
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The website is online but there is nothing on it yet. Looks like a lot of work to do.
portfolio
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publications
A Multiphysics Approach to Constrain the Dynamics of the Altiplano-Puna Magmatic System
Published in Journal of Geophiscal Research: Solid Earth, 2021
Cite as: Spang, A., Baumann, T.S., & Kaus, B.J.P. (2021). "A Multiphysics Approach to Constrain the Dynamics of the Altiplano-Puna Magmatic System." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 126, e2021JB021725. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB021725
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Quantification of Volcano Deformation Caused by Volatile Accumulation and Release
Published in Geophysical Research Letters, 2022
Cite as: Spang, A., Burton, M., Kaus, B.J.P., & Sigmundsson, F. (2022). "Quantification of Volcano Deformation Caused by Volatile Accumulation and Release." Geophysical Research Letters. 49, e2021GL097502. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL097502
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Geodynamic Modeling With Uncertain Initial Geometries
Published in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2022
Cite as: Spang, A., Baumann, T.S., & Kaus, B.J.P. (2022). "Geodynamic Modeling With Uncertain Initial Geometries." Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 23, e2021GC010265. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC010265
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Decompression and Fracturing Caused by Magmatically Induced Thermal Stresses
Published in Journal of Geophiscal Research: Solid Earth, 2023
Cite as: Kiss, D., Moulas, E., Kaus, B.J.P, & Spang. (2023). "Decompression and Fracturing Caused by Magmatically Induced Thermal Stresses." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 128, e2022JB025341. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB025341
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Rapid Ductile Strain Localization Due To Thermal Runaway
Published in Journal of Geophiscal Research: Solid Earth, 2024
Cite as: Spang, A., Thielmann, M., & Kiss, D. (2024). "Rapid Ductile Strain Localization Due To Thermal Runaway." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 129, e2024JB028846. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB028846
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GeophysicalModelGenerator.jl: A Julia package to visualise geoscientific data and create numerical model setups
Published in Journal of Open Source Software, 2024
Cite as: Kaus, B.J.P., Thielmann, M., Aellig, P., de Montserrat, A., de Siena, L., Frasunkiewicz, J., Fuchs, L., Piccolo, P., Ranocha, H., Riel, N., Schuler, C., Spang, A., & Weiler, T. (2024). "GeophysicalModelGenerator.jl: A Julia package to visualise geoscientific data and create numerical model setups." Journal of Open Source Software. 9(103), 6763. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.06763
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Hydration weakening and destruction of the North China Craton
Published in Tectonophysics, 2025
Cite as: Paul, J., Spang, A., & Piccolo, A. (2025). "Hydration weakening and destruction of the North China Craton." Tectonophysics. 230756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2025.230756
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Transient Propagation of Ductile Ruptures by Thermal Runaway
Published in Journal of Geophiscal Research: Solid Earth, 2025
Cite as: Spang, A., Thielmann, M., de Montserrat, A., & Duretz, T. (2025). "Transient Propagation of Ductile Ruptures by Thermal Runaway." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 130, e2025JB031240. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JB031240
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Overcoming the numerical challenges owing to rapid ductile localization with DEDLoc (version 1.0.0)
Published in Geoscientific Model Development, 2026
Cite as: Spang, A., Thielmann, M., Pranger, C., de Montserrat, A., & Räss, L. (2026). "Overcoming the numerical challenges owing to rapid ductile localization with DEDLoc (version 1.0.0)." Geoscientific Model Development. 19, 369–388, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-369-2026, 2026
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talks
Full list of all conference contributions
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- 2025
- Geomod, Lisbon, Invited talk
- EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Talk
- 2024
- Ada Lovelace Workshop, Sete, Poster
- EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Invited talk
- EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Talk
- 2023
- Geomod, Paris, Poster
- German-Swiss GEodynamics Workshop, Münster, Poster
- EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Poster
- 2022
- Ada Lovelace Workshop, Heviz, Talk
- EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Talk
- Physics of Volcanoes, Online, Talk
- 2021
- German-Swiss Geodynamics Workshop, Potsdam, Talk
- EGU General Assembly, Online, Talk
- Physics of Volcanoes, Online, Talk
- DGG Meeting Kiel, Online, Talk
- VMSG Annual Meeting, Online, Talk
- 2020
- Geo Utrecht, Online, Talk
- EGU General Assembly, Online, Talk
- Physics of Volcanoes, Hamburg, Talk
- 2019
- AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Poster
- Ada Lovelace Workshop, Siena, Poster
- Geo Münster, Münster, Talk
- EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Poster
- Physics of Volcanoes, Mendig, Poster
- 2018
- Physics of Volcanoes, Munich, Talk
- 2016
- Physcis of Volcanoes, Mainz, Poster
teaching
Applied Geophysics 2017 and 2018
Student assistant, B.Sc. Practical, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 2017
I prepared exercises and wrote Matlab scripts to generate different versions with different numbers and compute the solutions. We used the platform Ilias to post and control the exercises.
Hydrogeology 2018
Student assistant, B.Sc. Practical, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 2018
I prepared exercises and exam tasks
Dynamics of the Lithosphere 2019 and 2020
Seminar leader, M.Sc. Seminar, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 2019
I prepared tasks and gave the seminar where the solutions were discussed. This included exercises, paper discussions, and presentations. This class took place in person in 2019 and online in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. There were about 15 students each year.
Geophysical Modeling 2020/2021
Teaching assistant, M.Sc. Seminar, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 2020
This class introduced students to basics in Linux systems and programming in Julia. The main goal is an introduction to thermomechanical modeling with LaMEM. I helped students with their semester modeling projects. The class took place online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. There were about 12 students.
Introduction to Thermomechanical Modeling
Seminar leader, M.Sc./Ph.D. Seminar, University of Bayreuth, 2023
This was a voluntary class for two PhD students and a few Master students which I intitiated. It included lectures on the blackboard about numerical modeling, continuum mechanics, and coding exercises for thermal diffusion and rheology in Julia.