Seminar in Geophysics: Thermal and Chemical Evolution of the Earth | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences | MIT OpenCourseWare

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. Robert Van Der Hilst

Departments

Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

As Taught In

Spring 2005

Level

Graduate

Topics

Science
- Earth Science
- Physics
  - Thermodynamics

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Low abundances of highly siderophile elements in the lunar mantle: evidence for prolonged late accretion

Summary of "Chemical composition of the Earth ..." by Claude Allègre

Thermal Histories of Convective Earth Models & Constrains on Radiogenic Heat Production in The Earth

Why does Venus lack a magnetic field?

Presentation and discussion by Group 1

The effect of water on the 410-km discontinuity: An experiment study

Chemical and Clapeyron-induced buoyancy at the 660 km discontinuity

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. Robert Van Der Hilst

Departments

Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

As Taught In

Spring 2005

Level

Graduate

Topics

Science
- Earth Science
- Physics
  - Thermodynamics

Learning Resource Types

Lecture Notes

Presentation Assignments with Examples

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