PHY 817
Physics of the Earth's Interior
3
Course Description
The composition of the earth.
Course Outline
The composition of the earth; The physical characteristics of earth's material; material; electrical and magnetic properties; Earth's interior; Further evidence from seismology; geothermal state and geomagnetism; Geodynamics - Global picture of the dynamic earth; Plate theory and rheology of the earth's interior; Evidence from geomagnetic reversals; Mechanism of earthquake and the new global tectonics; Field and laboratory investigations especially high pressure geophysics