A visualization of mantle convection. (Courtesy of NASA-JPL.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Robert Van Der Hilst
MIT Course Number
12.570
As Taught In
Spring 2005
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
The main objective of this cross-disciplinary course is to understand the historical development and the current status of ideas and models, to present and question the constraints from the different research fields, and to investigate if and how the different views on mantle flow can be reconciled with the currently available data.