Geophysics and Tectonics Seminar winter-2020
A Primer on Core Dynamics
Feb. 19, 2020,
noon - 1 p.m.
Geology 1707
Presented By:
Jon Aurnou
UCLA
In this talk, I will present simple, almost lay level, experiments to explain the basic style of convection that develops in planetary cores. In doing so, the open dynamical questions in core dynamics and dynamo theory will be made clear(er!).