260023 VO Physics of the earth (2015S)
Structure and physical properties of the earth
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Language: German
Examination dates
- Wednesday 24.06.2015
- Tuesday 14.07.2015
- Monday 27.07.2015
- Monday 31.08.2015
- Tuesday 22.09.2015
- Monday 05.10.2015
- Wednesday 14.10.2015
- Thursday 10.12.2015
- Friday 18.12.2015
- Monday 08.02.2016
- Tuesday 15.03.2016
- Wednesday 27.04.2016
- Thursday 09.06.2016
- Monday 20.06.2016
Lecturers
Classes
Vorbesprechung: MI 04.03.2015 von 10.00-10.30 Ort: Ernst-Mach-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 2. Stk., 1090 Wien
MI 10.00-11.30 Ort: Ernst-Mach-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 2. Stk., 1090 Wien. Beginn: 11.03.15Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Our Earth can be considered as a huge lab imposing extreme conditions of temperature (up to about 7000 K) and pressure (about 350 GPa in the core) to the materials in its interior. With the development of large volume multi-anvil presses in Japan and the diamond anvil cells in the United States we learned a lot about the inner workings of our Earth. In the lecture we want to review these developments and explain the main features of our Earth, like the structure and composition, pressure- temperature and density distribution as well as the most important equations of state. We also plan to discuss about the origin of the Earth magnetic field, i.e. the so called Geodynamo.
Assessment and permitted materials
Oral examination
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Understanding the physics of the Earth interior.
Examination topics
Corresponding to the type of the course.
Reading list
Wird am Beginn der Lehrveranstaltung vereinbart.
Association in the course directory
MaV 6, LA-Ph212(3), LA-Ph212(4)
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