Geophysics I (Planets, Geomagnetism)

Available Lectures: 2
Geophysics I (Planets, Geomagnetism)

Uwe Walzer

Lecture, 2 hours per week. In addition, an exercise of one hour per
semester week is offered.

Contents: The solar system: main laws, lunar systems of the major
planets, Titius-Bode rule, planetary atmospheres, Mercury, Venus
(topography, gravity, volcanism), Earth's Moon (geological evolution,
tides), tides on Earth, evidence of tides in the Phanerozoic, Mars,
comparison volcanism Earth-Mars, Martian moons, asteroids, resonance
gaps, tidal rupture, rings, parent bodies, meteoritics, comets. -
Geomagnetism: Fundamentals, susceptibilities, hysteresis, geomagnetic
elements, magnetosphere, interaction with solar wind, declination
global and regional, spectra, reduction to CMB, correlation with
length of day, Sq, geomagnetic perturbations, the four sources of the
B-field, archaeomagnetism, development into spherical harmonics,
dipole, separation of magnetic field into interior and external
fields, secular variation of the dipole and the non-regular field,
solar magnetism, sunspot cycle, magnetic polarity reversals of the
Sun, polarity reversals of the Earth, paleomagnetism and theory of
plate tectonics, geometric and magnetic evidence, polarity reversal
frequency and transgressions, single plate motions, lithospheric
motions on the sphere, geomagnetic exploration, sources of geomagnetic
anomalies in the crust, maps.

Suitable for: Undergraduate students
Suitable for: Undergraduate students of geophysics, geology,
mineralogy, physics, etc.

Certificate of achievement: Written exam

References:
Berckhemer, H., 1990. Grundlagen der Geophysik. 201S.; Darmstadt,
Wiss. Buchges.
Kertz, W., 1995. Einführung in die Geophysik. Zweibändiges Werk;
Heidelberg, Spektrum Akad. Verlag
Lang, K.R., 1996. Die Sonne, Stern unserer Erde. Berlin, Heidelberg;
Springer [1996:40]
Strobach, K., 1991. Unser Planet Erde: Ursprung und Dynamik. 253 S.;
Berlin, Bornträger
Walzer, U., Begleitheft zur Vorlesung Geophysik I