Introduction to Geophysics Schedule
Date Topic Reading
Aug 28 Introduction Chapter 1
30 Measurements Handout
31 Statistics
Sept 6 Statistics
7 Lab 1
11 Inverse problems Appendix 1
13 Curve-fitting
14 Lab 2
18 Seismology Chapter 4.1
20 Seismology
21 Lab 3
25 Earthquakes Chapter 4.2
27 Earthquakes
28 Lab 3 continued Chapter 4.3
Oct 2 Seismic refraction Chapter 4.4
4 Refraction
5 Lab 4
10 Locating quakes
11 Earth structure
12 Lab 5
16 Earth structure Chapter 8
18 Seismic tomography
19 Lab 6
23 Mid Term exam Chapter 9
25 Nuclear discrimination
26 Lab 7
30 Plate tectonics Chapter 2
Nov 1 GPS
2 Lab 8
6 Gravity Chapter 5
8 Isostasy
9 Lab 9
13 Vectors and Rotations Chapter 3
15 Tectonics
16 Lab 10
20 Tectonics
27 Magnetics
29 Heat Flow Chapter 7
30 Lab 11
Dec 4 Heat flow
6 Review
7 Lab Review