Dynamics of the mantle and lithosphere

Spring Semester 2022



Lecturer:       A. Rozel (antoine.rozel@erdw.ethz.ch); NO Bld, rm H9.3

Location:      fully online. You will receive the link by email.
                     Sonneggstrasse 5
                     ETH Zentrum

Dates:         
         Monday       10:15-12:00     [21.02; 28.02; 07.03; 14.03; 21.03; 28.03; 04.04]
         Monday       14:15-16:00     [21.02; 28.02; 07.03; 14.03; 21.03; 28.03; 04.04]



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
Practical 5
Practical 6

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