This module aims to familiarise students with current ideas about the structure and mechanical behaviour of the lithosphere, in terms of its thermal structure and rheology. The forces driving plate tectonics, the rheology of the lithosphere, the dynamics of orogenic processes, numerical modelling of deformation of the lithosphere, as well as the coupling between mantle dynamics and surface processes are covered.
Through following this course, students:
- gain an understanding of the structure and dynamics of the lithosphere and the forces driving its deformation
- gain familiarity with modern quantitative methods for observing and modelling the deformation of the lithosphere and its driving forces
- learn to analyse modern research questions in tectonics and geodynamics by studying the literature on a chosen topic
- Kursleiter:in: Sascha Brune
- Kursleiter:in: Prof. Dr. Pieter van der Beek