Software and online repositories

The sections below provide short descriptions and links to various open-source thermochronology software packages and/or online software repositories. In each case, there are links to the software itself, documentation (if available), and references that should be cited when using the software.

Software

Pecube

Pecube is a 3D thermo-kinematic model for forward and inverse modeling of thermochronological data.

• Software: https://github.com/jeanbraun/Pecube
• Documentation: https://github.com/jeanbraun/Pecube/blob/master/docs/Pecube.pdf
• Programming language: Fortran (mostly)
• Citable(s): https://doi.org/10.1016/S0098-3004(03)00052-9, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2011.12.035

T_c1D

T_c1D is a one-dimensional thermal and thermochronometer age prediction model that can simulate the effects of various geodynamic and geomorphic processes on thermochronometer ages. It supports both forward and inverse modeling of thermochronometer data.

• Software: https://github.com/HUGG/TC1D
• Documentation: https://tc1d.readthedocs.io/
• Programming language: Python (mostly)
• Citable(s): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7124271

Thermochron.jl

Thermochron.jl is open-source software for time-temperature inversion of thermochronometric data. It implements a transdimensional Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) time-Temperature inversion with optional Simulated Annealing and kinetic uncertainty propagation/inversion.

• Software: https://github.com/OpenThermochronology/Thermochron.jl
• Documentation: https://openthermochronology.github.io/Thermochron.jl/dev/
• Programming language: Julia
• Citable(s): https://doi.org/10.17605/osf.io/wq2U5

Software repositories

Open Thermochronology on GitHub

Open Thermochronology maintains a GitHub organization for open-source thermochronology software. Many of the software packages mentioned above can be accessed from the link below. If you are interested in hosting your software in the Open Thermochronology GitHub organizations, let us know.

• Repository: https://github.com/OpenThermochronology