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PROF.DR. MARKO ROBNIK, DIRECTOR

Seminarsko predavanje
Centra za uporabno matematiko in teoreticno fiziko

PLATE TECTONICS (on Earth), and SUPERROTATION in the SOLAR SYSTEM

Professor Dr. Wolfgang Kundt
Institut für Astrophysik, Universität Bonn
Bonn, Germany

Abstract: What forces push the 12 or more terrestrial plates around, at average speeds of several cm/yr, via discrete displacement events which occur within seconds, are accompanied by the outflow of lava and hot fountains, and repeat after decades? And what (different) forces cause the beltwise super- and sub-rotations of the solar convection zone, and of the (outer) atmospheres of all the planets (except Mercury)? The answers will involve buoyancy, magnetic torques, and thermally induced tidal torques.

Seminarsko predavanje bo v torek 25. marca 2003 ob 15:15 uri v seminarski sobi CAMTP, Krekova 2, pritlicje desno. Vljudno vabljeni vsi zainteresirani, tudi študentje.

Prof.Dr. Marko Robnik
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