Geophysics and Geology

Available Lectures: 5
Geophysics and Geology

Uwe Walzer

Lecture, 2 hours per week. This will be accompanied by an exercise of
one hour per week of the semester.

Content: Thermal convection in a spherical shell; balance equations;
Adams-Williamson equation; orthogonal curved coordinates, gradient,
divergence, curl; spherical coordinates; elliptical coordinates; Sm-Nd
method; rare earths and their distribution in some rock-forming
minerals; Nernst coefficients, two-component coefficients and total
distribution coefficients and their dependence on temperature,
pressure, SiO2 content of melt and on ionic radius; Sm-Nd
fractionation; radionuclides, geochronology, comparison of different
methods; Nd isotopes as traces of planetary evolution, isotope
systematics in the upper mantle and physical formulation of the
mechanisms of their formation, the geochemical characterization of
crustal and mantle reservoirs, the evolution of these reservoirs, the
continental mantle lithosphere; internal strain theory and gravimetric
inferences, craton function, regional differences of the structure of
lithosphere and asthenosphere, their relation to tectonics and
volcanism, carbonate mobility, meteorites and accretion of the Earth.

Suitable for: Graduate students of geophysics, physics, etc.; also
highly recommended for geology and mineralogy students, as the lecture
has a strong integrative geoscience character.

Certificate of achievement: Written exam

References:
Butcher, S.S. et al. (Eds)., 1992. Global Biogeochemical Cycles.
London etc.; Academic Press[R 41:50]
Faure, G., 2001. Origin of Igneous Rocks. The Isotopic Evidence.
Berlin, Heidelberg; Springer. [2001:7]
Mahoney, J.J.; Coffin, M.F.; 2000. Large Igneous Provinces. Washington
DC; American Geophysical Union [R:34:100]
Newsom, H.E.; Jones, J.H.; 1990. Origin of the Earth. New York; Oxford
Univ. Press [1990:60]
Walzer, U., Begleitheft zur Vorlesung Geophysik und Geologie