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 |
|