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Infinite Slope Stability
Limit-equilibrium factor of safety for a shallow planar slide: slope angle, cohesion, friction, depth, and rainfall-driven pore pressure set the landslide threshold.
Geostrophic Balance & Thermal Wind
Pressure-gradient force balanced by Coriolis: isobars set geostrophic wind, while meridional temperature gradients produce vertical shear between 1000 and 300 hPa.
Mantle Convection Cell (Toy)
High-Prandtl-number mantle convection cartoon: Rayleigh-number vigor, thermal boundary layers, hot upwelling, and a cold subducting slab in one viscous cell.
Glacier Flow 1D (Glen’s Law)
Shallow-ice thickness H(x,t) on a tilted bed: nonlinear flux q ∝ H^{n+2}|∂s/∂x|^{n−1}∂s/∂x plus accumulation; τ_b ≈ ρgH sinα readout.
Carbon Cycle (4-Box Model)
Atmosphere, ocean mixed layer, deep ocean, and land biosphere exchange linearly; add fossil emissions or GtC pulses and watch inventory split vs a toy airborne fraction.
Darcy Flow & Penetration Depth
1D head h(z,t): ∂h/∂t = K ∂²h/∂z²; recharge at surface, fixed head at depth — relaxation time and diffusion length.