This repository is for materials related to a two-day short course titled Introduction to lithospheric geodynamic modelling held prior to the 32nd Nordic Geological Winter Meeting on the 11-12th of January, 2016. The materials include lecture slides, source code for course exercises and a wiki page with links to course software and related web resources.
All materials in this repository are licensed under The MIT License (MIT).
09:00-09:45 - General course introduction and practical matters (Lesson 01)
09:45-10:30 - Physics of heat transfer (Lesson 02)
10:30-10:45 - COFFEE/TEA BREAK
10:45-12:15 - Analytical solution of the heat transfer equation + python basics and plotting (Lesson 03)
12:15-13:15 - LUNCH BREAK
13:15-14:45 - Basic fluid mechanics + analytical solutions for simple cases and their limitations (Lesson 04)
14:45-15:00 - COFFEE/TEA BREAK
15:00-16:30 - Finite difference method + applications to heat eq. and/or flow mechanics (Lesson 05)
16:30-17:00 - Free time for tinkering
09:00-10:30 - Rheology of the lithosphere + plotting lithospheric strength profiles (Lesson 06)
10:30-10:45 - COFFEE/TEA BREAK
10:45-11:30 - Introduction to Gale, model design and running Gale (Lesson 07)
11:30-12:15 - Running a continental collision experiment
12:15-13:15 - LUNCH BREAK
13:15-14:00 - Data visualization with ParaView (Lesson 08)
14:00-14:45 - Interpreting your results (Lesson 09)
14:45-15:00 - COFFEE/TEA BREAK
15:00-16:30 - Running a rifting experiment
16:30-17:00 - Final comparisons, closing remarks and the next steps