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Integrating Geodynamic Modeling with Geophysical and Geological Data: A LITHOPROBE Perspective
Author(s) -
Clowes Ron M.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/1755-6724.13982
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , geology , geophysics , computer science , artificial intelligence
The Canadian LITHOPROBE program (1984 to 2005) is an internationally acclaimed research project that was established to study the development of the North American continent from the Paleoarchean to the present and to investigate the varied and complex processes involved in that development. Collaborative, multidisciplinary research was the key to LITHOPROBE’s scientific and related successes (Clowes 2010). Within the project, geodynamic modeling using numerical procedures was an important component of the multidisciplinary scientific program to better understand active tectonic processes and their effects on crustal structure and geology. Much of this research was carried out by Chris Beaumont of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia with his staff, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and colleagues (e.g., Beaumont et al. 2010). This presentation follows their work.