geodynamics

Inversion 101 to 201 – Part 2: The inverse problem and deterministic inversion

Iris van Zelst October 31, 2018

You know you've commissioned a blog post about a good topic when there is an abundance of xkcd comics related to it.
Inverse theory exists to make the life of the mantle geodynamicist easier.

The Geodynamics 101 series serves to showcase the diversity of research topics and methods in the geodynamics community in an understandable manner. We welcome all researchers – PhD students to professors – to introduce their area of expertise in a lighthearted, entertaining manner and touch upon some of the outstanding questions and problems related to their fields. This time, Lars Gebraad, PhD s ...[Read More]

Inversion 101 to 201 – Part 1: The forward problem

Iris van Zelst October 24, 2018

You know you've commissioned a blog post about a good topic when there is an abundance of xkcd comics related to it.
Inverse theory exists to make the life of the mantle geodynamicist easier.

The Geodynamics 101 series serves to showcase the diversity of research topics and methods in the geodynamics community in an understandable manner. We welcome all researchers – PhD students to professors – to introduce their area of expertise in a lighthearted, entertaining manner and touch upon some of the outstanding questions and problems related to their fields. This time, Lars Gebraad, PhD s ...[Read More]

CIDER summer school

Iris van Zelst September 12, 2018

Berkeley: There are definitely worse places to stay 4 weeks for a summer school.
Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt

And we’re back! After a refreshing holiday (or was it?), the EGU GD Blog Team is ready to provide you with amazing blog posts once more! Although holidays can be great, one thing that can be even more great is a good summer school. Yep, you heard that correctly! Let me convince you to apply for the CIDER Summer School program next year. Let’s start with the basics. What the hell is CID ...[Read More]

Holiday recommendations – blog break summer 2018

Iris van Zelst August 1, 2018

Where are you going?
Credit: pxhere

Even dedicated workaholics such as the editors of your EGU GD Blog Team sometimes deserve a break! Let me clarify that by saying ‘an intentional break’ (because uploading every Wednesday is hard!). We will be ‘on holiday’ during August, so there won’t be any new blog posts then. But don’t worry: we will be back stronger than ever in September and we already have ...[Read More]