EARTH PHYSICS
cod. 00432

Academic year 2016/17
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Geofisica della terra solida (GEO/10)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
52 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

Providing the fundamentals of geophysics on which several aspects relative to all the geology fields are founded. The course gives specific physical tools for an improved and critical understanding of the geologic problems, also in applied geology.

Prerequisites

Physics.

Course unit content

The fields of the planet Earth. The course is organized in four chapters, including: the geo-gravitational field, the figure of the Earth, gravity and isostatic anomalies; the geomagnetic field, sources and rock magnetic properties, secular variations, models, anomalies; the thermal field, rock and planet cooling, thermal models of the crust; earthquake seismology and internal structure of the Earth.

Full programme

The course is organized in four chapters, including: the geo-gravitational field, the figure of the Earth, gravity and isostatic anomalies; the geomagnetic field, sources and rock magnetic properties, secular variations, models, anomalies; the thermal field, rock and planet cooling, thermal models of the crust; earthquake seismology and internal structure of the Earth.

Bibliography

Course notes.

Teaching methods

Lectures and team work.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral and written examination.

Other information

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