Introduction to Geodynamics

Ge163 Lecture #1, 3/30/15

What drives the large-scale dynamics of the solid earth?

Length-scale (1 meter to 10,000km)

Heat Flow out of oceans and continents

Watts [2001]

Paleo-shorelines in northern Norway are indicative of post-glacial rebound

Rheology •  Elastic •  Coulomb •  Viscous •  Viscoelastic •  …

Structural Models: Tomographic Inversions

Plate Tectonic (or tectonic) Reconstructions

Time scale- 108 years