numerical modelling

NetherMod Day 2 – Secret Summary

Iris van Zelst August 29, 2017

Potayto, potahto?
Credit: Agricultural Research Service

The first science day at Nethermod was kicked of by the crust & lithosphere modelling session, followed by the first talk in the methodological advances session. Thibault Duretz discussed how using lithospheric heterogeneities can help to form complex rifting styles without using an explicit strain weakening formulation. Switching to the subduction evolution of the Farallon plate, Claire Curri ...[Read More]

NetherMod Day 2 – The science starts

Editorial team 1 August 28, 2017

Lakeview from the hotel by Yue Zhao

Today’s NetherMod update is written by Yue Zhao. She did her MSc at Utrecht University and is now a PhD at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. To study the thermal evolution of the Moon, she incorporates high temperature and pressure experimental results from her group into numerical models of lunar mantle convection. After a wonderful ice-breaking evening in the glimmering setting sun over ...[Read More]

NetherMod Day 1 – Breaking the ice

Iris van Zelst August 27, 2017

Everyone got their letter to ~~Hogwarts~~ Nethermod

This week the EGU Blog Team is attending Nethermod, so we will give you daily updates! Nethermod is the XV International Workshop on Numerical Modelling of Mantle and Lithosphere Dynamics. The 2017 workshop is held at a lakeside hotel near Putten, The Netherlands. The meeting is co-sponsored by the Utrecht University, the Oslo University Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), the European ...[Read More]

The world’s largest magnet

Iris van Zelst August 10, 2017

Please do not feed the magnets.
Credit: Modified by Iris van Zelst from OhmArt, Pixabay, and Max Pixel

The Geodynamics 101 series serves to show the diversity of topics and methods in the geodynamics community in an understandable manner for every geodynamicist. PhD’s, postdocs, full professors, and everyone in between can introduce their field of expertise in a lighthearted, entertaining manner and touch on some of the outstanding questions and problems related to their method of choice. Thi ...[Read More]