Earth evolution as a thermal system: From rock mechanics to Earth science

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• Chun'an Tang - Dalian University of Technology
• Monday 17 June 2024, 14:00-15:00
• Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

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In the early earth, the lava ocean finally solidifies into a single lithosphere, and this stagnant lithosphere insulates the underlying mantle, leading to thermal expansion, partial melting and a geoid bulge, which causes the breakup to trigger the onset of plate tectonics. The global scale breakup of Earth should behave with the thermal equilibrium being disturbed, with cooling and warming occurred many times in geological history. However, what caused the exceptionally warm and cold periods are still unknown. The speaker presents a simple model of Earth Evolution as a thermal system, trying to answer many of the questions raised during Earth’s

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