EPSS Colloquium Winter-2018

The tectonic and magmatic processes that link planetary interiors to their surfaces fundamentally affect surface morphology, environment, and potential habitability. Recent discoveries of present-day oceans beyond Earth have further motivated the study of surface-interior interactions, and analogue processes for terrestrial plate tectonics have been proposed on the icy moons of Jupiter. Because direct observations of interior mechanics are impossible, I will present research that explores the surface expression of numerically simulated tectonic and magmatic processes at Earths mid-ocean ridges and the icy bands of Europa and Ganymede.