Geodynamics of the Lithosphere

The contribution of metamorphic petrology to understanding lithosphere evolution and geodynamics

In the early 1980s, evidence that crustal rocks had reached temperatures >1000 C at normal lower crustal pressures while others had followed low thermal gradients to record pressures characteristic of mantle conditions began to appear in the literature, and the importance of melting in the tectonic evolution of orogens and metamorphicemetasomatic reworking of the lithospheric mantle was realize...

The geodynamics of lithospheric extension

Article history: Lithospheric extension is a f Received 19 May 2008 Accepted 22 July 2008 Available online 26 July 2008

Contribution of the VLBA Network to Geodynamics

A decade of observations in geodetic mode with the VLBA network gave valuable results. Approximately 1/5 of all geodetic observations are recorded in VLBA mode and processed at the Socorro correlator. Ten years of observations allowed us to reliably measure slow intra-plate motion of the VLBA stations located on the North-American plate. It also helped us to achieve scientific objectives of geo...

The Oceanic Lithosphere

1. Background: Mid-Ocean Ridges and the oceanic lithosphere 2. Methods of study of the oceanic lithosphere 3. Components of the oceanic lithosphere and their physical properties 4. Structure of the oceanic lithosphere 4.1 ‘Homogeneous’ lithosphere 4.2 ‘Heterogeneous’ lithosphere 4.3 Hot Spot Influenced Lithosphere 4.4.Continent to Ocean Transition 5. Forming the oceanic lithosphere at the ridge...

Simple scaling relations in geodynamics; the role of pressure in geodynamics and mantle convection