Solid-Earth Geophysics (DIC-I) (GP 101)
| Course Name | Solid-Earth Geophysics (DIC-I) |
| Course ID | GP 101 |
| Description | Core - Theory |
| Syllabus | The Solar System and others terrestrial planets. Propagation of Elastic waves inside the Earth, Composition and Internal structure of the Earth. Spherical harmonics. Role of satellites for Geopotential fields. Gravity: shape, rotation, tidal deformation, isostasy of the Earth. Heat flow: continental and ocean heat flow, thermal structure of the Earth. Radiometric dating methods. Convection in the Mantle and Outer Core. Geomagnetism: origin of the Earth’s magnetic field, geomagnetic secular variation, Geodynamo. Plate Tectonics: Paleomagnetism, Continental Drift, Sea-floor spreading and polar wander paths. |
| References | C.M.R.Fowler: Solid Earth - An introduction to Global Geophysics, Cambridge University Press, 2005 D.L.Turcotte and G. Schubert. Geodynamics, Cambridge University Press, 2002 F D Stacey and P M Davis. Physics of the Earth, Cambridge University Press, 2008 William Lowrie: Geophysics - A very short introduction, Oxford University Press, 2018 William Lowrie and Andreas Fichtner: Fundamentals of Geophysics, Third Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2020
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