Geophysics
Geological Sciences 420, Fall 1999
Lecture: 10:00 to 11:00 am, M W F, Room 4510 CC Little Bldg.
Prof: Larry Ruff, 763-9301, e-mail: ruff@umich.edu, 4518A CC Little
Tentative Time & Date for the student presentations:
Friday, Dec. 17, 10 am to noon. Please your schedules!
Materials: mostly notes handed out in class, & posted as web pages
Several books will be available as own private reserve library
Details will be discussed in first class
Grading: Problem Sets, a final project and paper for finals week
Tentative Schedule
| Week 1: Sept 8-10 | Introduction to Geophysics |
| Week 2: Sept 13-17 | Kepler, Newton, & & more Homework Set #1 |
| Week 3: Sept 20-24 | Gravity: outside & inside the Earth Homework Set #2 Due Fri Sept 24 |
| Week 4: Sept 27-Oct 1 | Gravity: geoid & isostasy Homework Set #3 Due Fri Oct 1 |
| Week 5: Oct 4-8 | more isostasy & tides Homework Set #4 Due Fri Oct 8 |
| Week 6: Oct 11-15 | Seismology: waves & structure Homework Set #5 Due Fri Oct 15 |
| Week 6: Oct 11-15 | Seismology: intro to earth structure & earthquakes |
| Week 7: Oct 18-22 | waves & more waves The Ms "Lab" (exercise #6) |
| Week 8: Oct 25-29 | Earth structure Homework Set #7(short) Due Fri Oct 29 plus: the travel time "lab", introduced on wed. |
| Week 9: Nov 1-5 | Heat Flow: introduction The Lab-like travel-time exercise is due. |
| Week 10: Nov 8-12 | Heat Flow: conduction Homework Set #9(short) Due Fri Nov 12 |
| Week 11: Nov 15-19 | Heat Flow: time depedent & oceanic lithosphere cooling The "Lab-like near-surface temperature variation" exercise handed out, due next wed., Nov. 24 Read Fowler's section on variable surface temperature. If you need an extra copy, look in JT Wilson, next to books. |
| Week 12: Nov 22-24 | Convection & Vacation |
| Week 13: Nov 29-Dec 3 | Geomagnetism |
| Week 14: Dec 6-10 | Geomagnetism |
| Week 15: Dec 13 | plate motions |
| Week 16+: | Student presentations (Friday Dec. 17) |