Heat transfer in the mantle. The cooling of the Earth. The cooling of the Earth’s core as a source of small-scale modes of mantle convection. Hot spots. The heat transferred by plumes. The matter transported by plumes. Dynamics and the shape of mantle plumes. The cooling of oceanic lithosphere as a source of large-scale modes of convection. Plate tectonics, the role of lithosphere. The influence of plates on the mantle convection. An effect of phase transitions in mantle transition zone. The mantle as a dynamic system. The problem of layering of mantle convection. The geochemical properties of mantle. The history of the Earth’s mantle.

Type of methodology: Combination of lecture and hands-on

Participants receive the certificate of attendance: Yes

Paid training activity for participants: Yes, for all

Participants prerequisite knowledge: Numerical methods (linear algebra, statistics) Domain-specific background knowledge