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| A coherent course, possibly: Introductory Geophysics |
| Gravitational field of Earth and shape of Earth [1-10].
Doppler measurements and extrasolar planets [1-4].
The inertia tensor [1-7].
The external gravitational potential of Earth [1-6].
Precession of the equinoxes [7-9].
Centrifugal potential and the geoid [1-10, 14a-17].
The hydrostatic ellipsoid [1-16]. |
00001.pdf |
|
Heat flow at the Earth's surface [1-8].
Thermal evolution of the oceanic lithosphere [1-12].
Isostatic geoid anomalies over the oceanic lithosphere [1-30]. |
00002.pdf |
|
Seismology: introduction [1-13].
Anelasticity and damping of seismic waves [1-9].
Seismic body waves [1-24].
Seismic ray theory in spherical Earth [1-5].
The ray parameter [1-8].
The forward problem of body wave seismology [1-28].
|
00003.pdf |
|
| GEO552, taught between 2000 and 2007, possibly: Theoretical Seismology |
| 2000—"Sketchy Lecture Notes" |
|
Lecture #1 [1-3].
Lecture #2 [1-2].
Lecture #3 [1-2].
Elastic 3-D Earth. Conservation of energy. Rayleigh's principle. Excitation [1-10].
Energy flux.
Lecture #4 Normal modes [1-6].
Lecture #6. Eisner's paradox. Applications of Rayleigh's principle [1-4].
[Lecture] Spheroidal and toroidal modes.
[Lecture] Distributions [1-3].
[Lecture] Point source model of an earthquake [1-5].
An example of the bfdc-clvd decomposition.
Class #9. Stress glut. Double couple. Moment tensor. Radiation pattern. Centroid Moment tensor [1-10].
Class #10. Eulerian vs Lagrangian [1-9].
| 00004.pdf |
| 2007—Part I |
|
Small oscillations [1-2].
Local energy conservation law [1-9].
Day 2 review [1 3].
Rayleigh's principle [10-12].
Violin string [1-5].
Class #3 [1-2]
4th lecture [1].
5th class [1-2].
Rayleigh's principle [1-14].
Local energy conservation law.
| 00005.pdf |
| 2007—Part II |
|
Free Oscillations and Surface Waves [1-3].
Hamilton's principle [4-9].
Green's tensor [10-11].
Response to a transient force [12-14].
Rayleigh-Ritz method [14.1-14.4].
Seismic source representation [15-18].
Moment tensor [19].
Earthquake fault source [20-30].
Anelasticity and Attenuation [31-33]. Harmonic variations [34-35].
Energy dissipation and [the frequency-dependent quality factor] [36-37].
Relaxation spectrum [38-45]. Attenuation of normal modes [46-48].
Normal modes of a SNREI Earth [49-63].
Mode-ray duality [64-73].
Asymptotic toroidal eigenfunctions [73-74].
Normal mode excitation on a SNREI Earth [86-91].
Decomposition into travelling surface waves [92-106]. |
00006.pdf |
| 2007—Part III |
|
Spherical harmonics [152-256].
| 00007.pdf |
| 2007—A loose note |
|
Plane wave, bulk and shear modulus. PKIKP mode. Radial
mode: homogeneous sphere. |
00008.pdf |
|
| GEO225, as taught between 1996 and 2004: Earth, the Physical Environment |
| Organization |
00067.pdf |
| [Lecture] Population growth [1-18] |
00009.pdf |
| [Handout] Population growth |
00010.pdf |
| [Lecture] Maximum sustainable population [1-14] |
00011.pdf |
| [Handout] Maximum sustainable population |
00012.pdf |
| [Lecture] Fossil fuels [1-20] |
00013.pdf |
| [Handout] Fossil fuels |
00014.pdf |
| [Lecture] Temperature of the Earth. The greenhouse effect [1-17] |
00015.pdf |
| [Handout] Earth's surface temperature |
00016.pdf |
| [Lecture] Global warming [1-18] |
00017.pdf |
| [Handout] Global warming |
00018.pdf |
| [Lecture] Alternative energy sources [1-33] |
00019.pdf |
| [Handout] Alternative energy sources |
00020.pdf |
| Miscellany |
00021.pdf |
|
| Earthquake hazard |
00022.pdf |
| Stream discharge (I) |
00023.pdf |
| Stream discharge (II) |
00024.pdf |
| Erosion rate |
00025.pdf |
| What controls erosion rates? |
00051.pdf |
| Stream sediment transport |
00026.pdf |
| Erosion, transport, and deposition |
00052.pdf |
| Water in the solar system |
00027.pdf |
| Water on Earth and in the Solar System |
00053.pdf |
| Water reservoirs and fluxes |
00028.pdf |
| Reservoirs and fluxes of water on the Earth |
00054.pdf |
| Two case studies: Taiwan and Yellow River |
00029.pdf |
| Taiwan — a case study |
00055.pdf |
| Landsliding |
00030.pdf |
| Landslides |
00056.pdf |
| Sediment-budget analysis of the Indus Fan |
00031.pdf |
| Oceans — the sediment graveyard |
00032.pdf |
| Chemical erosion: why is the ocean salty? |
00064.pdf |
|
| From a course taught between 1973-1979: Fundamentals of Continuum Mechanics |
| Introductory remarks [1-8]. Review of mathematical tools [9-19].
Kinematics of a continuum [1-14]. Dynamics of a continuum [20-53]. |
00075.pdf |
| Angular momentum density [54-69]. The law of conservation of energy
[70-77]. The total energy equation [78-81]. The internal energy equation
[82-88]. |
00080.pdf |
| The Second Law of thermodynamics [101-107]. Boundary conditions [89-99]. |
00081.pdf |
| Summarizing Eulerian conservation laws [1-14]. |
00082.pdf |
| Rigid heat conducting bodies. |
00083.pdf |
| The motion of a rigid body [270-297]. |
00084.pdf |
| The linearized theory of elasticity [281-368] |
00079.pdf |
| Problems |
00033.pdf |
| Solutions |
00034.pdf |
| Vertical soap film |
00085.pdf |
| Problem set 4 |
00086.pdf |
|
| Fluid Mechanics |
| II. The mechanics of fluids (non-viscous) |
00087.pdf |
| III. Viscous fluids |
00088.pdf |
|
| GFD506, as taught in the mid seventies, probably: Four Lectures on Tides |
| Four Lectures on tides |
00035.pdf |
|
| GEO225, as taught around the turn of the century |
| Organization |
00036.pdf |
| Organization |
00036.pdf |
| Lecture #1. Earth — Third rock from the Sun [1-21] |
00037.pdf |
| Size and shape of the Earth — "Third rock from the Sun" |
00057.pdf |
| Bulk composition of the Earth [1-15] |
00038.pdf |
| Chemical composition of the Earth — what is it made of? |
00058.pdf |
| Nucleosynthesis — The origin of the elements [1-19] |
00039.pdf |
| Nucleosynthesis — The origin of the elements |
00059.pdf |
| Minerals — The building blocks of rocks [1-13] |
00040.pdf |
| Diamonds are a girl's best friends |
00041.pdf |
| The age of the Earth — NOT! |
00042.pdf |
| The age of the Earth — NOT! |
00060.pdf |
| Radioactive decay — Carbon dating |
00043.pdf |
| Radioactive decay |
00061.pdf |
| K-Ar and Rb-Sr geochronology — The age of the Earth |
00044.pdf |
| K-Ar dating |
00062.pdf |
| Heat flow |
00045.pdf |
| Heat |
00063.pdf |
| The oceanic lithosphere |
00046.pdf |
| Earthquakes and earth structure |
00047.pdf |
| Seismometry and earthquake locations(s) |
00048.pdf |
| Week 5 Lecture #3. Earthquake focal mechanisms(s) [1-10] |
00049.pdf |
| Plate tectonics |
00050.pdf |
| 1906 San Francisco earthquake |
00065.pdf |
| Suppe's 201 handout Fall 2001 |
00066.pdf |
|
| GEO219, as taught in 1991-1992: Introduction to Geophysics |
| Mathematical concepts. Gravity. Isostasy. Heat flow. |
00068.pdf |
| Artifical source techniques. Seismometers. Wiechert-Herglotz inversion. The use of travel time residuals to study geographical variability. Determination of Earth's density. |
00069.pdf |
|
| GEO539, as taught in 1971: Mechanics of the Earth |
| Review of linear algebra. Spherical harmonics. |
00070.pdf |
|
| Surface Waves |
| Introduction. Surface waves in arbitrary layered
structures. Amplitudes. The excitation of surface waves: group velocity.
Summary of observed surface wave dispersion. Phase velocities. Water
waves. |
00071.pdf |
| A special lecture on surface gravity waves [1-4]. The
linearized problem [5-20]. Dispersive waves [1-13]. Steady waves in moving
fluids. Ship waves [14-22]. |
00089.pdf |
|
| Earthquakes and Faulting |
| Earthquakes as point sources. Earthquake mechanics. |
00072.pdf |
| Mechanics of faulting. |
00073.pdf |
|
| The Tides and Rotation |
| Earth tides and ocean tides. The tidal potential. The
equilibrium tide. Tidal prediction. Response of the solid Earth: Love
numbers. Kelvin and Darwin's determination of the rigidity of the
Earth. Tidal gravimetry and ocean loading. Co-tidal charts and numerical
models. |
00074.pdf |
| Tidal friction and the Earth-Moon system. |
00076.pdf |
| Rotation of the Earth. |
00077.pdf |
| Theory of the Earth's wobble. |
00078.pdf |
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