Tuesday, 4:10-5:25, Schermerhorn 603,
Thursday, 4:10-5:25, Schermerhorn 555
Lecture Topics:
Week 1. Earth as a planet.
- Lecture 1 (9/2): Organizational meeting, the solar system.
- Lecture 2 (9/4): Earth's formation, composition, mass, shape.
Week 2. Gravity.
- Lecture 3 (9/9): Theory and methods
- Lecture 4 (9/11): Observations and interpretation
Week 3. Earth deformation and tides.
- Lecture 5 (9/16): Gravity, density anomalies, and viscosity
- Lecture 6 (9/18): Earth tides
Week 4. Geomagnetism.
- Lecture 7 (9/23): Theory and methods
- Lecture 8 (9/25): Observations and interpretation
Week 5. Thermal structure and evolution.
- Lecture 9 (9/30): Theory of heat flow
- Lecture 10 (10/2): Heat-flow observations and interpretation
Week 6. Conduction and convection.
- Lecture 11 (10/7): Lithospheric cooling, mantle convection
- Lecture 12 (10/9): Primordial heat and heat sources
Week 7. Seismological constraints on Earth structure.
- Lecture 13 (10/14): Elasticity, seismic body waves
- Lecture 14 (10/16): Surface waves and normal modes
Week 8. The mantle (I)
- Lecture 15 (10/21): The Moho and the lithospheric plates
- Lecture 16 (10/23): The asthenosphere
Week 9. The mantle (II)
- Lecture 17 (10/28): The transition zone
- Lecture 18 (10/30): Phase transitions
Week 10. The mantle (III)
- Election Day - University Holiday (11/4).
- Lecture 19 (11/6): The lower mantle
Week 11. Mantle flow and dissipation
- Lecture 20 (11/11): The core-mantle-boundary region
- Lecture 21 (11/13): Viscosity and anelasticity
Week 12. Mantle convection
- Lecture 22 (11/18): Constraints and modeling challenges
- Lecture 23 (11/20): The outer and inner cores
Week 13. The Earth's core and seismic tomography
- Lecture 24 (11/25): Seismic tomography - techniques
- Thanksgiving Day - University Holiday (11/27):
Week 14. Lateral heterogeneity in Earth's interior
- Lecture 25 (12/02): Seismic tomography - recent results and interpretation
- Lecture 26 (12/04): Concluding meeting