April 2022
Exascale rocks
A Berkeley Lab-led project will bring exascale supercomputing to bear on microscopic subsurface fissures, helping foresee issues with subterranean carbon storage.
Category Archives: Geoscience
August 2021
Motion detectors
Berkeley Lab-led earthquake simulators angle to use exascale computers to detail site-specific ground movement.
April 2020
Sizing up the beast
With help from DOE supercomputers, a USC-led team expands models of the fault system beneath its feet, aiming to predict its outbursts.
January 2018
The Big One, in 3-D
A San Diego State-led group simulates San Andreas earthquakes in three dimensions.
December 2016
Bake and shake
A Princeton-led team uses earthquakes and Oak Ridge’s Titan supercomputer to map the heat engine called Earth.
October 2016
Digital rock physics
High-performance computing informs predictions on subsurface carbon dioxide, water resources systems and oil and gas production.
May 2015
As below, so above
U.S. and European researchers have teamed up to refine models of the deep processes that have shaped Earth.
September 2014
Pore samples
Models track reactions in underground saltwater deposits to understand the effects of carbon capture technology.
December 2010
Super shakeup
The Southern California Earthquake Center uses the nation’s largest supercomputers to predict damage when the Big One hits.
June 2009
Subterranean blues
Models track contamination from reservation to river.