GEO 303 - Geophysics

Course Units: 1

(Not Offered this Academic Year) Gravity and magnetic fields of the earth, gravity and magnetic anomalies, magnetic properties of rocks and paleomagnetism, earthquakes and seismology, precession of the Earth’s spin axis, density distribution and models for the Earth’s interior; wave propagation in rocks, seismic reflection and refraction, geophysical field methods, data processing and interpretation, electrical methods, radioactivity, heat flow, thermal history of the Earth, global dynamics and plate tectonics, comparative planetology. Labs emphasize hands-on use of modern geophysical equipment. Corequisite(s): GEO 303L Lecture/Lab Hours Weekly lab.