Introduction to Geodynamics - California Institute of...
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Introduction to Geodynamics Ge163 Lecture #1, 3/30/15
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Introduction to Geodynamics
Ge163 Lecture #1, 3/30/15
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What drives the large-scale dynamics of the solid earth?
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Length-scale (1 meter to 10,000km)
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Heat Flow out of oceans and continents
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Watts [2001]
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Paleo-shorelines in northern Norway are indicative of post-glacial rebound
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Rheology • Elastic • Coulomb • Viscous • Viscoelastic • …
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Structural Models: Tomographic Inversions
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Plate Tectonic (or tectonic) Reconstructions
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Time scale- 108 years