EASC 317: Global Geophysics
| Credits: | 3 |
Pre-requisites: | EASC 207 |
Lecture (hrs/week): | 2 |
| Terms: | Spring |
Co-requisites: | None |
Lab (hrs/week): | 3 |
| Instructors: | Calvert | Quantitative | |||
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Description:
Application of geophysical methods to the study of the Earth and its interior structure: the geometrical nature of plate tectonics on a sphere; the Earth's magnetic field and its use in reconstruction of past plate motions; earthquake seismology and understanding the deep interior; gravity and lithospheric flexure; heat loss and mantle convection; the structure of oceanic lithosphere; continental lithosphere and its evolution.
Course Topics- Geometry of plate tectonics
- Past plate motions
- Earthquake seismology
- Isostasy and gravity anomalies
- Heat flow
- Oceanic lithosphere
- Continental lithosphere
Fowler, C.M.R., The Solid Earth, Cambridge University Press.