About this Research Topic
One of the ultimate goals of Earth and planetary sciences (broadly, planetary science) is to constrain and understand the dynamical evolution of planetary interiors at any scale, from centimeters to the whole planet, via interdisciplinary approaches. The interpretation of nondestructive imaging of planet interiors, such as seismic or electromagnetic tomography images, suffers from quantitatively and qualitatively uncontrollable errors and inherent non-uniqueness. This problem has also prevented the geoscience community from a comparison of geodynamical models on a standardized quantitative basis.
The objective is to unveil the evolution of Earth’s and planetary interiors proposing a novel multidisciplinary approach by exploring a vast parameter space through the combination of continuum mechanics, geology, geochemistry, and non-destructive imaging. While a small rock sample per se is a complex medium, seismic imaging, for instance, assumes a long-wavelength homogeneity inside the Earth. What is the key to reconciling this gap? New formulations of the associated inverse problems may also be required.
In this Research Topic, we encourage interdisciplinary approaches to reveal the evolution of the interiors of the Earth and planets at any scale, especially those attempting to quantitatively estimate the error bars from each discipline. Any proposition of use of machine learning or citizen science, related to the highly complex and non-linear feature of this vast inverse problem, is also encouraged. Reviews on this long-lasting discussion on the discrepancy amongst the disciplines are also welcome. Further information will be given in https://ipgp.github.io/CLEEDI2021/.
We welcome manuscript submissions from the participants of the workshop but also from any other researcher interested to participate with a manuscript.
The objective is to unveil the evolution of Earth’s and planetary interiors proposing a novel multidisciplinary approach by exploring a vast parameter space through the combination of continuum mechanics, geology, geochemistry, and non-destructive imaging. While a small rock sample per se is a complex medium, seismic imaging, for instance, assumes a long-wavelength homogeneity inside the Earth. What is the key to reconciling this gap? New formulations of the associated inverse problems may also be required.
In this Research Topic, we encourage interdisciplinary approaches to reveal the evolution of the interiors of the Earth and planets at any scale, especially those attempting to quantitatively estimate the error bars from each discipline. Any proposition of use of machine learning or citizen science, related to the highly complex and non-linear feature of this vast inverse problem, is also encouraged. Reviews on this long-lasting discussion on the discrepancy amongst the disciplines are also welcome. Further information will be given in https://ipgp.github.io/CLEEDI2021/.
We welcome manuscript submissions from the participants of the workshop but also from any other researcher interested to participate with a manuscript.
Keywords: geodynamics, seismology, petrology, citizen science, interdisciplinary
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