Geodynamics and Laboratory

In particular, learners will acquire the knowledge necessary to understand:
· Mantle convection: convection mechanism and convective structure; lithospheric plates related to mantle convection; mantle heterogeneity.
· Geodynamics and deformation of continental plates in subduction and collision zones and active tectonic erosion and accretion mechanisms.
· Thermal state of the lithosphere in the mechanically active zones (subduction, collision, rift): thermal models analysis and comparison with the thermo-mechanical evolution of collisional belts (Alps, Variscan chain, .....) or of fossils and present-day continental rifting.

Understanding of the relationships between thermal and mechanical perturbations of lithosphere and sub-lithospheric mantle along the active margins. Lithostratigraphy of the oceanic and continental lithosphere in stable and mechanically active zones. Awareness of a multidisciplinary analytical approach that involves the integration of natural field and laboratory data with quantitative geodynamic modeling techniques for the reconstruction of the tectonic evolution of complex areas such as collisional chains.