Course Description

The main objective of this cross-disciplinary course is to understand the historical development and the current status of ideas and models, to present and question the constraints from the different research fields, and to investigate if and how the different views on mantle flow can be reconciled with the currently …
The main objective of this cross-disciplinary course is to understand the historical development and the current status of ideas and models, to present and question the constraints from the different research fields, and to investigate if and how the different views on mantle flow can be reconciled with the currently available data.
Learning Resource Types
Lecture Notes
Presentation Assignments with Examples
TERRA mantle convection model.
A visualization of mantle convection. (Courtesy of NASA-JPL.)