Geodynamics

convection

The geophysicist’s toybox

Adam Beall and edited by Jyotirmoy Paul July 14, 2021

Simplified models or toy models explain the complex Earth processes fairly well, even though they are far from reality. In this week’s Geodynamics 101, Adam Beall, Research Associate at Cardiff University, discusses some of his favourite geophysical toy models! I remember being excited to first hear about scientists doing Earth modelling and imagined impressive computer visualisations of tec ...[Read More]

Convection in eggs

Iris van Zelst March 28, 2018

I cannot guarantee that you will get an nice, chocolate Easter egg for Easter from the Easter bunny, but I can guarantee that you will get a nice, Easter-themed geodynamics blog post from me. That's something, isn't it?
Credit: Public domain pictures.

Happy Easter everybody! It is that time of year again when you wake up excitedly on Easter Sunday and run into the garden to find the chocolate eggs the Easter Bunny hid for you! What? That’s just me? Hm. Well, in any case, you will probably have a couple of extra days off from work and this should be celebrated with a themed blog post! As you know, geodynamics is about the large scale dynam ...[Read More]