280391 VO MA PE 04 Structure of the Earth (NPI) (2017S)
Labels
Zeit: 14:00 - 16:00;
Raum: 2B284, UZA II, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Wien;
Beginn: 02.03.2017;
Raum: 2B284, UZA II, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Wien;
Beginn: 02.03.2017;
Details
max. 15 participants
Language: English
Examination dates
Lecturers
Classes
The first lecture will take place on March 2, 2017.
The time table will be discussed in the organisational meeting
on March 2, 2017, 9am.
Information
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
- 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
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:42
The course will consist mostly of lectures.
Each student will give a presentation on a subject within the scope of the lecture.