12.570 | Spring 1998 | Graduate

Seminar in Geophysics: Mantle Convection

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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

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

10 Mantle Stratification (or lack thereof) Tom Jordan
11 Student Presentation of Research Proposals (Final Assignment)

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