Interactive comment on "The Geodynamic World Builder: a solution for complex initial conditions in numerical modelling"
2019
This paper presents a tool, the Geodynamic World Builder, allowing the simulation of more realistic tectonic features, e.g., a continental, an oceanic or a subducting plate.The paper explains the philosophy of the tool and the definition of different tectonic settings.The second part focusses on 2D/3D cartesian and spherical examples of midocean ridges and subduction zones models.I appreciate the effort made to simulate different tectonic context.I have no doubt this tool will be very beneficial and readily usable by the community.The GitHub documentation is also abundant, including a documentation section and a manual. General comments:-Basics information, which could benefit potential users, are missing.The models' parameters are not specified, such as the name of the codes used to generate the C1