geodynamics
noun
the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
geodynamicist
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a word derived from
geodynamics.
Example Sentences
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“We didn’t know continents could behave this way and that is, for solid earth science, pretty fundamental,” says Douwe van Hinsbergen, a geodynamicist at Utrecht University.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 9, 2024
Maxim Ballmer, a geodynamicist at University College London, is not sure that this idea for the mantle anomalies will hold up.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 2, 2023
“I don't think the impactor material would be completely mixed, but the amount of mixing that has occurred is underestimated in this study,” adds geodynamicist Maxim Ballmer of University College London.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 1, 2023
Lianxing Wen, a geodynamicist at Stony Brook University, who was not involved in the new study, also researches the core’s spin.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 25, 2023
It was probably a sign that rapid heat loss from the outer core was weakening the convective motions that generate the magnetic field, says Peter Driscoll, a geodynamicist at the Carnegie Institution for Science.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 30, 2022
