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