Geodynamics

Too early seen unknown, and known too late!

Iris van Zelst July 12, 2017

Let's get rid of the mystery and reveal who we are! Credit: Max Pixel (source)

Romeo and Juliet famously had some identification problems: they met, fell in love, and only afterwards realised that they were arch enemies, which *spoiler* resulted in their disastrous fate. Oops. Of course, this could happen to anybody. However, we do not want this to happen to you! We want you to know who we, the EGU Geodynamics Blog Team, are! So, in order to prevent any mishaps during future ...[Read More]

Pre-plate-tectonics on early Earth: How to make primordial continental crust

Anna Gülcher / Lucía Pérez Díaz July 5, 2017

Artistic representation of the Earth in the Archean. Credit: Richard Bizley (www.bizleyart.com).

The sequence of events before continental crust formation has long been contested. Numerical simulations performed by Rozel and colleagues imply that the key to the puzzle could lie in the intrusive magmatism. Despite several decades of research on the topic, the trigger of proto-continental crust formation on early Earth remains an enigma. However, magmatic processes may hold the key to unravelli ...[Read More]

Our Geodynamission

Iris van Zelst June 26, 2017

Very slowly we'll gain an understanding of the Earth... Credit: Simon Schmidt (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Hello and welcome to the new blog of the Geodynamics division! From now on we will break your week on Wednesday morning with a new blog post! We will showcase many different aspects of geodynamics by introducing various topics to you in our Geodynamics 101 series, and we will discuss the latest geodynamics news in our News & Views. We will also keep you up to date with the Geodynamics-related ...[Read More]