280391 VO MA PE 04 Structure of the Earth (NPI) (2016S)
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Raum 2D502a
Beginn 01.03.2016
Raum 2D502a
Beginn 01.03.2016
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max. 15 participants
Language: English
Examination dates
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The first lecture will take place on March 1, 2016.
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
oral examination
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Examination topics
- Introduction
- 1D Earth structure
- Density
- Composition
- Surface waves and 3D upper mantle structure
- Heat flow and thermal structure
- Discontinuities and phase transitions
- Global tomographic models, lateral heterogeneity
- Viscosity and internal dynamics of the Earth
- Moho and crustal structure
Reading list
Stein, S., Wysession, M., 2009, An introduction to seismology, earthquakes, and earth structure, Blackwell Sc. Publ.Turcotte, D.L., Schubert, G., 2002, Geodynamics, Cambridge U. PressMeissner, R., 1986, The continental crust - A geophysical approach, Academic Press
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The course will consist mostly of lectures.
Each student will give a presentation on a subject within the scope of the lecture.