12.570 Seminar in Geophysics: Mantle Convection, Spring 1998
One common model for how convection in the mantle drives plate tectonics. (Courtesy of USGS.)
課程重點
This course features lecture notes from MIT and Harvard guest lecturers and a complete set of readings.
課程描述
This cross-disciplinary course aims to understand the historical development and the current status of ideas and models, to present and question the constraints from the different research fields, and to investigate if and how the different views on mantle flow can be reconciled with the currently available data.