October
24. Structure of the deep Earth (guest lecture by Dr. R. Secco)
1. September 12. Everything is made of atoms.
2. September 14. Stars: Element factories.
3. September 19. A tour of the solar system.
4. September 21. Introduction to earthquake science (seismology).
5. September 26. Earthquake intensity, elastic rebound theory and plate boundaries.
6. September 28. Seismometers, seismic networks and earthquake prediction.
7. October 3. Kobe earthquake (movie).
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questions about the movie.
8. October 5. Introduction to volcanoes.
9. October 10. Physicochemical controls on volcanic eruptions.
10. October 12. Tsunamis.
11. October 17. Eruption of a New Shield
Volcano (movie)
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for a list of questions about the movie.
12. October 19. Earth: How old and how hot?
13. October
24. Structure of the deep Earth (guest lecture by Dr. R. Secco)
14. October 26. Movie: The Core.
15. October 31. Review and discussion of The Core.
16. November 7. The plate tectonic revolution part I.
17. November 9. The plate tectonic revolution part II.
18. November 14. How long will Earth's oil last?
19. November 16. Global warming: How much? How soon?
20. November 21. Weighing Earth.
21. November 23. The geomagnetic field
22. November 28. Remote sensing and geodesy.
23. November 30.
Review.