GEOPH 521 - Global Geodynamics

Course Career Graduate
Units 3
Approved Hours 2-1S-0
Fee index 6
Faculty Science
Department Physics
Typically Offered either term

Description
Topics to be discussed include plate tectonics, continental breakup and assembly; faulting and earthquakes; mantle and lithosphere rheology; global gravity and Earth’s rotation; heat transfer and convection in the Earth and planets; hotspots and mantle plumes, plate accretion and subduction; dynamics of the core, planetary magnetism and the geodynamo. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.