Linkages Between Mantle Buoyancy and Geomorphology
One of the exciting developments in geodynamics in recent decades is the emerging understanding that mantle buoyancy and flow may drive low-amplitude, long-wavelength deformation of the Earth’s surface. We are working to deconvolve the record of topographic change encoded in surface topography subject to uplift and subsidence driven by mantle flow. We are adapting the tools and insight developed in tectonically active mountain ranges to evaluate the histories of uplift of ancient orogens and continental interiors.