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@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@ Thrase is a GPU-enabled, high-order accurate SBP-SAT finite difference code on u
 - non-planar boundaries and interfaces 
 
 # Dependencies: 
-- Thrase is written entirely in <a href="https://julialang.org">Julia</a>
+- Thrase is written entirely in [Julia](https://julialang.org)
 
 # How to cite: 
-- Erickson, B. A., Kozdon, J. E., and Harvey, T. (2022), <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10915-022-01961-1">A non-stiff summation-by-parts finite difference method for the wave equation in second order form: Characteristic boundary conditions and nonlinear interfaces</a>, Journal of Scientific Computing, doi: 10.1007/s10915-022-01961-1. 
-- Kozdon, J. E., Erickson, B. A., and Wilcox, L. C. (2020), <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10915-021-01448-5">Hybridized summation-by-parts finite difference methods</a>, Journal of Scientific Computing, doi: 10.1007/s10915-021-01448-5.
-- Erickson, B. A. and Dunham, E. M. (2014), <a href="https://ix.cs.uoregon.edu/~bae/resources/Erickson_Dunham_jgrb50593.pdf">
-  An efficient numerical method for earthquake cycles in heterogeneous media: Alternating sub-basin and surface-rupturing events on faults crossing a sedimentary basin</a>, Journal of  Geophysical Research, doi:10.1002/2013JB010614.
+- Erickson, B. A., Kozdon, J. E., and Harvey, T. (2022), [A non-stiff summation-by-parts finite difference method for the wave equation in second order form: Characteristic boundary conditions and nonlinear interfaces](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10915-022-01961-1), Journal of Scientific Computing, doi: 10.1007/s10915-022-01961-1. 
+- Kozdon, J. E., Erickson, B. A., and Wilcox, L. C. (2020), [Hybridized summation-by-parts finite difference methods](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10915-021-01448-5), Journal of Scientific Computing, doi: 10.1007/s10915-021-01448-5.
+- Erickson, B. A. and Dunham, E. M. (2014), [An efficient numerical method for earthquake cycles in heterogeneous media: Alternating sub-basin and surface-rupturing events on faults crossing a sedimentary basin](https://ix.cs.uoregon.edu/~bae/resources/Erickson_Dunham_jgrb50593.pdf), Journal of  Geophysical Research, doi:10.1002/2013JB010614.
 
 # License: 
 - Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for more information.