numerical modelling

Planting seeds of deformation in numerical models

Iris van Zelst October 18, 2017

I tried to google 'weak seed' for relevant figures, but that did not result in anything I could use. <br>Credit: <a target="_blank" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fixes_that_fail.PNG">B Jana</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorow/8602816297">Flickr</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="http://maxpixel.freegreatpicture.com/Empty-Old-Leave-Chalk-Board-School-Blackboard-73496">Max Pixel</a>.

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 month we continue the con ...[Read More]

NetherMod Day 4 & 5 – Secret Summary

Iris van Zelst September 1, 2017

It's time for dessert!<br>Credit: <a target="_blank" href="https://pixabay.com/p-486072/?no_redirect">Pixabay</a>

I hear you exclaiming: “Why merge day 4 and 5 together? What happened to the secret summary of day 4?” Well, I have to admit, apart from being your daily NetherMod reporter, I also needed to present my poster, so apologies for the delay and merge. Day 4 started with a keynote talk from Dave Stegman with a surprise topic (He had never handed in his abstract. Apparently this is a possibi ...[Read More]

NetherMod Day 5 – Putten an end to Nethermod: interviews with attendees

Editorial Team 2 August 31, 2017

Sunset descends over a great week of Nethermod held in Putten (Photo: G. Shephard)

Today is the fifth and final day of the XVth International Workshop on Modelling of Mantle and Lithosphere Dynamics, or “Nethermod”, here in Putten, The Netherlands. Despite the overcast conditions outside, the lively scientific program included keynotes by Paul Tackley and Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni in the morning and Clint Conrad and Louise Kellogg in the afternoon. With over 120 at ...[Read More]

NetherMod Day 4 – A typical day

Iris van Zelst August 30, 2017

Students interrogate keynote speakers, i.e. senior scientists

Today, Ági Király, postdoc at CEED (Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics) at the University of Oslo, Norway, is sharing her experience of NetherMod. After the wine tasting and karaoke party of yesterday evening, this morning’s keynote speakers had quite a difficult job to shake up the sleepy audience. Dave Stegman even dropped in a promise of a free beer for the most awake student (won by René ...[Read More]