Principles of Geophysics

Geophysics 3413
Dr. Judson L. Ahern

Course Structure

• Syllabus
• Course Outline
• Homework
• References

Notes

• The Earth as a Planet
• Gravity and the Figure of the Earth
  • Global Gravity and Potential Theory
  • The Geoid
• Exploration Gravity
  • Units, Absolute Gravity
  • Relative Gravity
  • Acquisition, Data Reduction
  • Anomaly Separation and Filtering
  • Interpretation
• Geomagnetism; Exploration Magnetics
• Seismology and the Internal Structure of the Earth
  • Basics, Earthquake Seismology
  • Exploration Seismology: Refraction
  • Exploration Seismology: Reflection

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  Miscellaneous Information

  • Dziewonski and Anderson's Preliminary Earth Model (1981)
  • Fundamental Units
  • Great Circle Oddities
  • Information on Geographic Coordinates
  • Length of Latitude, Longitude Calculator
  • Odd Facts About Our Moon
  • Table of Planetary Data
  • Taylor's Series

  News, Readings

  IRIS Global Seismic Network
  • The Lodestone
  • Kepler's Laws
  • Spouting Off About Io
  • New Take on the Moon from Clementine Data
  • What is Escape Velocity?
  • Geomagnetism Applications
  • Lunar Laser Ranging
  • Global Seismograph Network
  • Mathilde Flyby
  • Martian Magnetic Field

  An excellent place to explore the solar system is The Nine Planets.
  Another stellar place to learn about astronomy and the Solar System is AstroNews