GENERAL
When: August 19 - December 03, 2020. Lecture: Wed. Fri. 9:30-10:45a
Where: ES&T L1118 (see Canvas. We will be likely be entirely remote)
Course Objectives:
This course is an introduction to methods used to visualize and understand the history, shape, mechanical structure,
and dynamics of the solid-earth system. We will discuss how geophysical tools, including seismology,
gravity, magnetism, heat flow, geochronology, and geodesy, are used to understand the age, whole-earth
and near-surface structure, and to quantify the kinematics and dynamics of plate tectonics.
Prerequisites
- Physics 2212: Introduction to Physics I
- EAS 2600: Earth Processes and Products
Required Text:
- Fowler, C.M.R., The Solid Earth: An Introduction to Global Geophysics, 2nd Edition, Cambridge University Press, 685 pp., 2005.
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