Dynamics of the mantle and lithosphere
Spring Semester 2017
651-4008-00 G
Lecturer: A. Rozel (antoine.rozel@erdw.ethz.ch); NO Bld, rm H9.3
Location: NO F39
Sonneggstrasse 5
ETH Zentrum
Dates:
Monday 10:00-12:00 [20.02; 27.02;
06.03; 13.03; 20.03; 27.03; 03.04]
Thursday 08:00-10:00 [23.02; 02.03;
09.03; 16.03; 23.03; 30.03; 06.04]
Objectives:
The goal of this course is to
obtain a detailed understanding of the physical properties, structure,
and dynamical behavior of the mantle-lithosphere system, focusing
mainly on Earth but also discussing how these processes occur
differently in other terrestrial planets.
Lectures:
Course outline
Thermal structure
Mantle dynamics (I)
Rheology of the Earth (I)
Mantle dynamics (II)
Subduction dynamics
Constraining the Rheology of the Earth
Recent geodynamic topics (paper summaries)
Practicals:
Practical 1
Practical 2
Practical 3
Practical 4
Resources:
Notes: thermal structure
Notes: compositional structure
Notes: continuum mechanics
Notes: rheology
Notes: fluid dynamics
Notes: plumes
Notes: tectonics
MATLAB: Introduction
MATLAB: Introduction script
MATLAB: Plotting example