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Nuclear waste management
MOMAS is a French GDR (groupement de recherche) on the topic MOdeling, MAthematics and numerical Simulations related to nuclear waste management problems. Benchmark tests are available at
http://www.gdrmomas.org/benchmarks-en.html
Magma Migration
http://www.geodynamics.org/cig/workinggroups/magma/workarea/benchmark
Short Term Tectonics
http://www.geodynamics.org/cig/workinggroups/copy_of_short/workarea/benchmarks
Mantle Convection
http://www.geodynamics.org/cig/workinggroups/mc/workarea/benchmark
Papers on mantle convection benchmarks are:
Blankenbach et al., A benchmark comparison for mantle convection codes, J Geophysical Journal of Royal Astronomical Society, volume 98, pages 23-38, 1989
Busse et al., 3D Convection at Infinite Prandtl Number in Cartesian Geometry - A Benchmark Comparison, J Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, volume 75, pages 39-59, 1993
Travis et al., A benchmark comparison of numerical methods for infinite Prandtl number thermal convection in two-dimensional cartesian geometry, J Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, volume 55, pages 137-160, 1990