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.)
    • 09:00 - 12:00 Lecture 4-a Lecture 4-b Lecture 4-c PDF document

      Lecture 4. Effects of liquid/solid phase change on convection in solids (part I)

      • Boundary conditions for phase changes
    • 14:00 - 17:00 Lecture 5-a Lecture 5-b Lecture 5-c PDF document

      Lecture 5. Effects of liquid/solid phase change on convection in solids (part II)

      • Dynamics of the Earth inner core
      • Dynamics of planetary mantles interacting with magma oceans
    • Evening : Free discussion
  • 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