12.201 / 12.501 Essentials of Geophysics

As taught in: Fall 2004

Level:

Undergraduate / Graduate

Instructors:

Prof. Robert Van Der Hilst

Surface and nodal patterns of free oscillations.

Surface and nodal patterns of free oscillations. (Image by MIT OCW.)


Course Features

Course Highlights

This course features a full set of lecture notes and assignments.

Course Description

This course is designed to be a survey of the various subdisciplines of geophysics (geodesy, gravity, geomagnetism, seismology, and geodynamics) and how they might relate to or be relevant for other planets. No prior background in Earth sciences is assumed, but students should be comfortable with vector calculus, classical mechanics, and potential field theory.

Technical Requirements

MATLAB® software is required to run the .m files found on this course site.

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