I am currently working at the University of Cambridge, on fluid dynamic approaches to crustal dynamics. This work consists of three main endeavors: modeling the topography produced by a collision between a rigid block and a Newtonian fluid, modeling the axisymmetric spreading of a Newtonian fluid in the presence of a normal compressive stress, and modeling the length and time scales of strain distribution in layered media.
Bendick, R. and D. McKenzie, Topographic signal of flow in the lower crust in a collisional stress regime. In preparation.
Bendick, R. and D. McKenzie, Spreading of a viscous droplet with uniaxial compression. In preparation.
Bendick, R. and J. Jackson, Strain distribution or localization in a layered crust. In preparation.
University of Cambridge Earth Sciences