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EGU Geodynamics Division @egu-gd.bsky.social · Oct 15
🌍 Geodynamics community update!

Pre-registration for Ada Lovelace Workshop 2026 (ALW26) is now open! 🎉
🗓️ 21–26 June 2026
📍 Hotel Jezerka, Lake Seč, Czech Republic

🔗 Pre-register here: geo.mff.cuni.cz/alw2026/

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⏰ Deadline: 31 Oct 2025
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It’s beginning to look like Christmas… tree structures! This week Manel and Francina lead us to explore how vertically stacked salt bodies and minibasins grow into tree like architectures, and what these salty “Christmas trees” reveal about basin dynamics and salt flow.
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Growing geological Christmas trees: salt ‘Christmas-tree’ structures explained
As geoscientists, we tend to see geology everywhere. Around Christmas, many people stare at decorated fir trees and twinkling lights; salt tectonicists stare at seismic lines and outcrops and see… tre...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Cratons are forever… until they aren’t.
This week, Jyotirmoy Paul @geophyjo.bsky.social explores how the North China Craton, once Earth’s stable core, fell apart through numerical simulations.

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Destruction of the North China Craton and its global impact
Cratons are forever, until they are not. These long-lived portions of lithosphere are known for being remarkably stable. However, if the conditions are right, even cratons can be ripped apart by geolo...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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This week’s blog: GeoMOD 2025 – Lisbon edition!
A glimpse into the science, stories & surprises behind this year’s global geo-modelling meeting.

Read here 👇
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GeoMOD 2025 – Lisbon edition
The GeoMOD meeting is a bi-annual conference that gathers Earth Science researchers from all over the world working on analogue and numerical modelling in Geosciences. Showcasing the most recent advan...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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In this week's blog Rajani Shrestha discusses about dislocation creep, and how crystal defects move around to accommodate stress and develop lattice-preferred orientation.

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Dislocation Creep and the Development of Deformation Fabrics
Assume you are under stress. What do you do? Take a walk in the park, order your favorite takeout, have a breakdown, or internally slip along preferred slip systems and develop a fabric? The response ...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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#GeoCinema is back for #EGU26!

Whether you have filmed fantastic spectacles in the field or produced an educational feature on the Earth, planetary, or space sciences - it's time to submit your short film 🎞️!
📅Submission deadline: 5 December 2025
👀 Application details: egu.eu/13NFE9
Image description: An audience watching a screen in a large hall. With text reading:" GeoCinema at the EGU26 General Assembly, Applications are now open! Submit your short film NOW! 5 December 2025."
October 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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New blog alert! This week Poulami Roy attempts to change our minds about the lower mantle - what if it is not *that* boring after all?

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Bored by the Lower Mantle? Think Again!
Is the lower mantle boring? For a long time, the lower mantle was thought to be relatively featureless and uniform compared to the more dynamic upper mantle. But recent seismic observations are challe...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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In this week's blog, Dr. Kai Li shares his PhD work, where he used accordion numerical models to explore the impact of orogenic inheritance on rifts and rifted margins, and then to understand the tectonic history of the South China Sea.

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From Mountains to Oceans: How the memory of ancient orogens guides the rupture of continents
In this new blog, Dr. Kai Li (GFZ Potsdam) talk about his PhD work, where he used accordion numerical models to explore the tectonic history of the South China Sea. His PhD research focuses on the imp...
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October 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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🌍 Geodynamics community update!

Pre-registration for Ada Lovelace Workshop 2026 (ALW26) is now open! 🎉
🗓️ 21–26 June 2026
📍 Hotel Jezerka, Lake Seč, Czech Republic

🔗 Pre-register here: geo.mff.cuni.cz/alw2026/

🔑 Password: Jezerka_Sec_2026
⏰ Deadline: 31 Oct 2025
Ada Lovelace Workshop 2026
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October 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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This week's blog takes us on a journey to the centre of the Earth - the post on the formation of Large Low-Velocity Provinces written by Prachi Kar is out now!

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Journey Towards the Centre of the Earth: The Secret Behind the Long-Term Survival of Large Low-Velocity Provinces
Geophysicists have long been intrigued by the enigmatic “blobs” residing deep within Earth’s lower mantle — the Large Low-Velocity Provinces (LLVPs). Ever wondered what keeps these gigantic thermochem...
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October 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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This week’s blog takes you on a journey to the remote Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia — uncovering the secrets behind its recent mega-earthquake and revealing why this dramatic region, perched on the Pacific’s Ring of Fire, is one of the most active places on Earth.

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Kamchatka Megathrust Earthquake: What lies in the Pacific Ring of Fire
From the very early years on this Planet, earthquakes have always captivated people’s attention. The feeling of admiration and fear always lies within us, especially drawing on the most recent megathr...
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October 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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There is a common confusion that some people feel they neither belong in academia nor industry. Have you ever felt the same? This week's post is from the Sassy Scientist and finding your place in academia or industry: blogs.egu.eu/divisions/gd...
The Sassy Scientist – Gone but not forgotten: a tribute
Between protests and strikes, I finally found some time to answer some questions. In case you are not aware – idk how that’s possible… do you live on Neptune? – everything is on fire, has been for a l...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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In academia, excellence appears to come with a price tag. Stresses often normalise certain behaviours such as workaholism. In this week's blog, Katherine Villavicencio writes about the effects of workaholism in academic life, and suggests us: forget the price tag! blogs.egu.eu/divisions/gd...
The hidden effects of academic excellence: workaholism in Academia
Years have passed since I started my academic career, and I have come to realise that, in a cademia, excellence appears to come with a price tag . Stress and pressure have become commonplace for acade...
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September 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Have you ever been a bit confused about how many geodynamics approaches exist? Or how can we validate our models? In this week's blog, Sara S. Santos shares some of her thoughts and journey between the fieldwork and computer worlds.
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From Rocks to Models: Reconciling Field Geology with Geodynamic Simulations
When reading a scientific paper or a text explaining the physical workings of the Earth, one of the most striking aspects is the methodological approach—sometimes involving numerical models, other tim...
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September 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Rock rheology is key for modern geodynamicists. In this week's Geodynamics 101 blog post, Dimitrios Papadomarkakis breaks down the basics of this interdisciplinary field.

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How do rocks fail and flow: A beginners guide to rock rheology
The field of rock rheology may seem a bit ‘odd’ at first glance to those geoscientists who are vaguely familiarized with the topic of geodynamics. Often, rocks are considered massive and competent geo...
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September 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Join EGU Geodynamics Division!

We’re looking for volunteers to help shape our community:

🔹 Blog Editor(s) – Lead our weekly blog
🔹 Social Media Handler – Manage LinkedIn, Bluesky & more
🔹 ECS Rep – Represent early career scientists

📅 Deadline: 10 Sept 2025
📩 Apply: [email protected] (write to us)
August 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Thinking about applying for a PhD? In this week’s post, Conor Farrell shares practical tips to help you make informed decisions about going for a PhD and strengthen your application.

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Applying for a PhD in Geoscience: To do or not to do
Fresh out of your bachelor’s degree, or more commonly these days, your master’s degree, it can be tempting to pursue your PhD as quickly as possible. While there are compelling reasons to dive straigh...
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August 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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🌍 Earth’s mantle flow has changed over time.
Mineral phase shifts can stall plumes and reshape convection.

Read more in today’s EGU Geodynamics blog by Ranpeng Li (GEOMAR, Kiel): blogs.egu.eu/divisions/gd...

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Phase transitions control plume layering during Earth’s secular cooling
Earth’s structure and dynamics have evolved quite a lot since its formation, and so has mantle dynamics and convection patterns changed along with it. It turns out that phase transition in certain man...
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August 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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One Ring to rule them all… and one tectonic plate to forge them🔥
From Mordor’s fiery peaks to the Misty Mountains, Middle-earth’s landscapes come alive through real geodynamics — no wizardry required.

Read today’s blog by @manelrams.bsky.social

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One Ring to Rule Them All: The Geology of Middle-earth
Few fantasy worlds have captured the imagination of readers and viewers like J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Whether you first encountered it through The Lord of the Rings or the sweeping visuals of Pe...
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August 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Self-guilt is a common feeling among PhD students. It is important to understand how it shows up in our daily work, what fuels it, and how we can resist it — because over time, it can quietly undermine both our well-being and our work.

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Resisting self-guilt as a PhD student
Self-guilt is a common feeling among PhD students. It often leads us to devalue ourselves more harshly than is fair and to form unrealistic expectations. It is important to understand how it shows up ...
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August 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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This week Heidi Krauss shares her experience co-chairing the 2025 Interior of the Earth Conference with the theme "Volatiles, Melt and Viscosity: Consequences for Mantle Evolution and Climate System Interactions". 🌋

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Reflecting on the 2025 Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) – Interior of the Earth
Heidi Krauss from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Michigan State University. This week in News & Views, Heidi Krauss, a PhD student at Michigan State University, shares her exper...
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July 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Capturing the coupled physical and chemical processes within Earth’s interior poses a major computational challenge in geoscience. This week we explore MAGEMin, a high-performance, open-source tool that integrates mineral thermodynamics into geodynamic models.

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Simulating the Deep Earth with MAGEMin: A Toolkit for Thermodynamic Modeling in Geodynamics
Understanding how rocks melt, deform, and evolve within Earth’s interior is a central challenge in geoscience. These processes span a wide range of spatial and temporal scales and are governed by comp...
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July 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Understanding why volcanoes end up where they do in continental rifts is more challenging than you might think! This week Valentina Armeni combines analysis of rift morphology with analogue models to make sense of inter-rift volcanism.

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Unraveling volcanic patterns between adjacent rift zones
Continental rifts are a prime example of how the forces at work beneath our feet are constantly shaping our world, and often host volcanic activity. The patterns and distribution of volcanism in rift ...
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July 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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How many of us have felt the earth beneath our feet shaking? We are guessing: a lot of us. It's only natural then to wonder how earthquakes start? For today's post, we dig deeper into how earthquakes nucleate, a topic of very active ongoing research in the geosciences.
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Don’t Stop Me Now: A Fracture Mechanics Perspective on Earthquake Nucleation
How do earthquakes start? Earthquakes occur when a block of rock rapidly slides past another along an interface or a discontinuity in the medium and release energy in the form of seismic waves. Turns ...
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July 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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👉 Last week's blog post by Maaike Fonteijn helps understand what drives deformation and seismicity in the Central Apennines. This study uses an instantaneous modelling approach with a seismo-thermo-mechanical code. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/gd...
What drives the extensional deformation in the central Apennines (Italy)?
The central Mediterranean is a geodynamically complex region shaped by the interaction of multiple active subduction zones. In Italy, the central Apennines display a distinctive pattern of surface def...
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June 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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The GD Blog turns 8! To mark the occasion, we’re introducing our new blog team, a group of ECS sharing news from the Geodynamics community, academia, geoscience education, outreach, and beyond. Curious to know more? Come and have a look!

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Happy 8th blog birthday and introducing the new blog team!
Hello there! It’s Constanza and Michaël your GD editors-in-chief once again. End of June marks the 8th anniversary of the blog, so happy birthday to the blog! It’s been some pretty busy weeks of prepa...
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June 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM