```{tags}
category:benchmark
feature:2d
feature:cartesian
feature:nonlinear-solver
feature:elasticity
feature:particles
feature:compositional-fields
feature:modular-equations
feature:analytical-solution
```

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# The viscoelastic relaxation benchmark

This benchmark is described in the paper

*Particle-in-cell versus field methods in ASPECT: A comparison with visco-elasto-plastic models of continental rifting*

in preparation by

Anne Glerum,
Robert Myhill,
John Naliboff,
Dan Sandiford,
Rene Gassmoeller,
Juliane Dannberg,
Elbridge Gerry Puckett,
Mack Gregory,
Esther Heckenbach,
Maaike Weerdesteijn.

Files for this benchmark are located in
[this directory](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/tree/main/benchmarks/viscoelastic_relaxation).