GG652:  Gravity, Magnetic, and Heat Flow

Course Syllabus                                                                                                 

Tue 8/23     Blakely, Ch. 1 The (conservative) Potential Field                                                              

Thu 8/25     Blakely, Ch. 1.              Complete & discuss HW1:  Do 3 problems: 1, 2 or 3, and 6 or 8; p. 17

 

Tue 8/30     Ch. 2- Green’s Identities, Helmholtz Theorem, Green’s Functions

Thu 9/1       Ch. 2-                                                      Complete & discuss HW2: Ch 2, problems #1,2,4,6

 

Tue 9/6       Ch. 3- Gravitational Potential                                                                                           

Thu 9/8       Ch. 3-                                                                                             HW3 (& Matlab scripts)

 

Tue 9/13     Ch. 7- Regional Gravity Field                                                                                           

Thu 9/15     Ch. 7-                                                                                             HW4 (& Matlab scripts)

 

Tue 9/20     No Class Garrett is Traveling                                                                                              

Thu 9/22     Ch. 7- Regional Gravity Field                                                                 HW5 (& data file)

 

Tue 9/27     Ch. 4- Magnetic Potential                                                                                                 

Thu. 9/29    Presentation of plans for class projects                                                                                

 

Tue 10/4     Ch. 5- Magnetization                                                                                                        

Thu 10/6     Ch 4, 5                                                                                                                        HW6

 

Tue 10/11   Ch 8- Geomagnetic Field

Thu 10/13   Ch. 8  Geomagnetic Field                                                                                          HW7

 

Tue 10/18   Ch 9- Forward Method

Thu 10/20   Ch 9- Forward Methods                                                                                           HW 8

 

Tue. 10/25  Ch 11- Parker’s Method

Thu 10/27                                                                                                                                    HW 9

 

Tue 11/1     Turcotte & Schubert, p. 132-150, Fourier’s Law of conduction and heat equation

Thu 11/3- T & S, p. 153-169, Cooling of the oceanic lithosphere, cooling of magma                          HW10

 

Tue 11/8     Heat Flow- T & S, p. 174-190, Topography and mantle thermal structure

Thu 11/10                                                                                                                                    HW11

 

Tue 11/15  

Thu 11/17                                                                                                                                    HW12

 

Tue 11/22

Thu 11/24 Happy Thanksgiving

 

Tue 11/29  

Thu. 12/1

 

Tue 12/6- No Class:  AGU

Thu 12/8- No Class:  AGU

 

Tue 12/13 Presentations of projects                                                                                                       

Thu 12/15 Presentations of projects                                                                 Homework Revisions Due

                                                                                                                                                           

GG652:  Gravity, Magnetic, and Heat Flow, Fall 2011

 

Instructor:  Garrett Apuzen-Ito

Office hours (POST 810):  Officially Wed 4:00-5:30 (unofficially, whenever I am available)

Time/Place:  1:30-2:45 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday, Post 702

Course Objectives:

•Teach fundamental theory as well as practical applications of gravity, magnetics, and heatflow

•Improve skills in independent learning, critical and quantitative reasoning, and communication

Reading:  Textbook assignments and occasional research papers

Homework: Homework problems will be discussed on the day they are due (usually Thursdays).  Be prepared to present your work and/or ask questions about problems you tried but did not complete.  Please complete your work before class; class is not the time to come and learn how to do the homework, that’s what office hours are for.  You will have the opportunity to turn in revised homework for full credit at the end of the semester.  Your are also encouraged to help each other just so long as the work you turn in is yours alone.  

Exams:  There will be no exams. Your “final” will be your class project and revised homework. 

Class Project:  The purpose of this project is to apply what you have learned in class to a problem of your interest.  This will involve a short report on a problem in geophysics.  A good project will consist of approximately 10 pages of text (double spaced) and a few (3-5) figures.  I envision two types of projects:

(1) One type of project will be to write a program to do a calculation.  The manuscript should emphasize the description of the equations and computational method used. The manuscript will also describe how you tested the code and the predictions it makes. 

(2) Another type of project will be to use an existing program to infer something about a data set that you or I have that is interesting to you.  The manuscript should include a brief description of the method, emphasize the application, and show what you infer about structure.

All manuscripts should clearly communicate a good understanding/insight of gravity, magnetics or heatflow, and have the following ingredients

A. Abstract (1 paragraph)

B. Introduction

C. Methods

D. Results

E. Conclusions

 

Grading:  50% homework; 30% class project; 20% class discussion

Required Text:  

•Potential Theory in Gravity and Magnetic Applications, Richard J. Blakely

Strongly Recommended Text:

•Geodynamics, by D. L. Turcotte and G. Schubert

Additional References

•Fundamentals of Geophysics, William Lowrie

•Exploration Geophysics of the Shallow Subsurface, H. Robert Burger

•Introduction to Geophysical Prospecting, M. B. Dobrin and C. H. Savit

•Physics of the Earth, F. D. Stacy

•Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Michael D. Greenberg