GEO302:
LECTURE NOTES

These lecture notes will also be handed out at each lecture.
L01: Introduction
pdf 3.9Mb
L02: Global geophysics and wave propagation
pdf 2.9Mb
L03: The earthquake source
pdf 2.2Mb
L04: The velocity structure of the Earth
pdf 3.54Mb
Ex1: Global Seismology
pdf 0.36Mb
L05: Origin and layering of the Earth from geochemistry
pdf 2.7Mb
L06: Major and trace element geochemistry
pdf 1.1Mb
L07: Radiogenic isotopes: geochronology and petrogenesis
pdf 1.0Mb
L08: The mantle and partial melting
pdf 1.2Mb
L09: Magmatic processes at shallow levels
pdf 1.2Mb
Ex2: Geochemistry excercises
pdf 143kb
Ex2: Data for geochemistry exercises
xls 604kb
L10: Refraction seismology
pdf 0.52Mb
L11: Reflection seismology
pdf 2.11Mb
Ex3: Controlled Source Seismology
pdf 0.42Mb
Exam 1 - October 12th
L13: The Oceanic Lithosphere
pdf 2.10Mb
L14: Major and trace element composition of MORB, ophiolites
pdf 1.7Mb
L15: Genesis of MORB
pdf 1.1Mb
L16: Ocean Islands and Plume Magmatism
pdf 1.0Mb
L17: Island arc magmatism
pdf 1.2Mb
L18: Convergent margin magmatism
pdf 1.5Mb
Ex4: Ocean lithosphere and magmatism
xls 0.05Mb
L19: Gravity and isostasy
pdf 0.70Mb
L20: Gravitational constraints
pdf 1.1Mb
Ex5: Gravity and isostacy
pdf 0.04Mb
L21: Mantle upwelling
pdf 3.7Mb
L22: Mantle downwelling
pdf 3.34Mb
L23: Continental Lithosphere
pdf 3.32Mb
Exam 2 - November 23th
Thanksgiving
L25: Continental Flood Basalts and Rifts
pdf 2.6Mb
L26: The Earth's Geomagnetic Field
pdf 1.3Mb
L27: Plate tectonics revisited
pdf 4.6Mb
Review: Hellfrich and Wood
pdf 0.2Mb