260023 VO Physics of the earth (2010S)
Structure and physical properties of the earth
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Vorbesprechung und Beginn: MI 03.03.2010, 10:30, Faculty of Physics, Ernst Mach lecture hall, Strudlhofgasse 4, 2nd floor;
Details
Language: German
Examination dates
Wednesday
24.11.2010
Monday
06.12.2010
Friday
10.12.2010
Thursday
24.02.2011
Thursday
10.03.2011
Tuesday
22.03.2011
Lecturers
Classes
Currently no class schedule is known.
Information
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
PD250,310;LA-Ph212(3)(4)
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