Fluid Dynamics in Earth and Planetary Sciences (FDEPS)
22nd FDEPS workshop, Nov. 26 - 29, 2019 at Kansa2i Seminar House


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Twenty-second Workshop "Fluid Dynamics in Earth and Planetary Sciences"

Date:
Nov. 26 - 29, 2019

Co-organizer:
  • Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS), Kyoto University
  • Center for Planetary Science (CPS), Kobe University
Place:
Kansai Seminar House
23 Takenouchi-cho, Ichijojii, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8134 JAPAN
Phone:+81-75-711-2115 FAX:+81-75-701-5256

Program

Note: the schedule may be changed depending on the proceeding of the lectures.

  • Nov. 26 (Tue) - Nov. 29 (Fri) Intensive Lecture Series and Free Discussion

    Convection in planetary interiors and implications for their evolution

    Professor Stéphane Labrosse (ENS Lyon, France)

    • 11/26(Tue.)
      • 09:00 - 12:00, 14:00 - 15:00 Lecture 1-a Lecture 1-b Lecture 1-c Lecture 1-d Lecture 2-a PDF document

        Lecture 1. Fundamentals of Rayleigh-Bénard convection

        • Linear stability
        • Weakly non-linear analysis
        • High Rayleigh number dynamics and scaling of heat transfer
      • 15:00 - 17:00 Lecture 2-b Lecture 2-c PDF document

        Lecture 2. Mantle convection (part I)

        • Evidence for mantle convection
        • Physics of the seafloor and continents and the heat loss of the Earth
        • Classical thermal evolution models of the Earth
      • Evening : Free discussion
    • 11/27(Wed.)
      • 09:00 - 12:00 Lecture 3-a Lecture 3-b Lecture 3-c PDF document

        Lecture 3. Mantle convection (part II)

        • Peculiarities of mantle convection: rheology, compressibility, variations of composition
        • Differential core-mantle cooling and implication for magma oceans
      • Afternoon : Free discussion
      • Evening : Free discussion
    • 11/28(Ths.)
    • 11/29(Fri.) Seminar
      • 09:00 - 11:00 Seminar 1-a PDF document

        Research Seminar : The mantle, the core and magma oceans in the thermal evolution of the Earth

  • Bibliography for lectures
  • Snapshots of the lectures