Tuesday, Thursday, 8:40-9:55, Schermerhorn 555
Lecture Topics:
Week 1. Earth as a planet.
- Lecture 1 (9/4): Organizational meeting.
- Lecture 2 (9/6): The solar system. Earth's formation, composition, mass.
Week 2. The shape of the Earth and gravity.
- Lecture 3 (9/11): Theory and methods
- Lecture 4 (9/13): Observations and interpretation
Week 3. Earth deformation and tides.
- Lecture 5 (9/18): Gravity, density anomalies, and viscosity
- Lecture 6 (9/20): Earth tides
Week 4. Post-glacial rebound, Earth rotation
- Lecture 7 (9/25): Post-glacial rebound
- Lecture 8 (9/27): Earth rotation and length-of-day variations
Week 5. Geomagnetism.
- Lecture 9 (10/2): Theory and methods
- Lecture 10 (10/4): Observations and interpretation
Week 6. Thermal structure and evolution.
- Lecture 11 (10/9): Theory of heat flow
- Lecture 12 (10/11): Heat-flow observations and interpretation
Week 7. Conduction and convection.
- Lecture 13 (10/16): Lithospheric cooling, mantle convection
- Lecture 14 (10/18): Primordial heat and heat sources
Week 8. Seismological constraints on Earth structure.
- Lecture 15 (10/23): Elasticity, seismic body waves
- Lecture 16 (10/25): Surface waves and normal modes
Week 9. The mantle (I)
- Lecture 17 (10/30): The crust, the Moho and the lithospheric plates
- Lecture 18 (11/1): The asthenosphere
Week 10. The mantle (II)
- Election Day - University Holiday (11/6).
- Lecture 19 (11/8): The transition zone
Week 11. The mantle (III)
- Lecture 20 (11/13): Phase transitions
- Lecture 21 (11/15): The lower mantle
Week 12. Mantle flow and dissipation
- Lecture 22 (11/20): The core-mantle-boundary region
- Thanksgiving Day - University Holiday (11/22):
Week 13. The Earth's core and seismic tomography
- Lecture 23 (11/27): The outer and inner cores
- Lecture 24 (11/29): Earth's heterogeneous structure
Week 14. Presentations and conclusion
- Lecture 25 (12/4): Presentations
- Lecture 26 (12/6): Concluding meeting