Lecturers for this Course
Harvard: Richard O'Connell, William McDonough, Stein Jacobsen
WHOI: Stanley Hart
MIT: Robert Van Der Hilst, Bradford Hager, Timothy Grove, Thomas Jordan, Louise Kellogg, Shijie Zhong
Course Calendar.
| Lec # |
Topics |
Lecturers |
| 1 |
Introduction |
Rick O'Connell and Bill McDonough |
| 2 |
Melting and Differentiation |
Tim Grove |
| 3 |
Basics of Convection |
Rick O'Connell and Brad Hager |
| 4 |
Isotope Systems and Geochemistry |
Stan Hart |
| 5 |
More on Mantle Dynamics |
Brad Hager, Rick O'Connell, Louise Kellogg |
| 6 |
Seismology Part I: Subduction Zones |
Rob Van Der Hilst |
| 7 |
Constraints from Noble Gas Data on Mantle Mixing |
Louise Kellogg and Stein Jacobsen |
| 8 |
Seismology Part II: Constraints on Mantle Structure from Global Tomography |
Rob Van Der Hilst |
| 9 |
Open Discussion of Issues |
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| 10 |
Mantle Stratification (or lack thereof) |
Tom Jordan |
| 11 |
Student Presentation of Research Proposals (Final Assignment) |
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