Geodynamics

Ranpeng Li

Ranpeng (rli@geomar.de) is a PhD candidate at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. Her current project investigates how phase transitions shape mantle flow and convection styles. Her research interests also include advancing methods to couple thermodynamics with geodynamic models, as well as incorporating petrological and geochemical constraints into numerical simulations. She doesn’t like bugs - both inside and outside her code.

Phase transitions control plume layering during Earth’s secular cooling

Ranpeng Li and edited by Arijit Chakraborty August 20, 2025

Earth’s structure and dynamics have evolved quite a lot since its formation, and so has mantle dynamics and convection patterns changed along with it. It turns out that phase transition in certain mantle minerals can be an important driver of this change. Today, Ranpeng Li from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany …[Read More]