Geodynamics with Underworld

Geodynamics with Underworld

Introduction and Background

Introduction

Mathematical Fluid Dynamics

Content
Conservation Laws
Navier-Stokes Equation
Non-dimensional equations & dimensionless numbers
Thermal Convection
Dynamics of the Lithosphere

Numerical Modeling

Content
Numerical Modeling in Solid Earth Dynamics
Survey of numerical methods
Introduction to the Finite Element Method
Practical Finite Elements
Methods for Solving Numerical Problems

Python for Geoscientists

Content
Jupyter Notebooks
Numpy and Scipy
Introduction to matplotlib
Maps with the Cartopy Package
Triangulations
- Cartesian Meshes
- Spherical Meshes
Getting started with sympy
Differentiation / Integration
Numerical models

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Plate tectonics¶

A brief summary of plate tectonics

[deweyPLATETECTONICS1972] [ricardPhysicsMantleConvection2015] [wilsonCONTINENTALDRIFT1963]

Exercises

Introduction Observations

By Louis Moresi
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