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Seminar in Geophysics: Mantle Convection >> Content Detail



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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 #TopicsLecturers
1IntroductionRick O'Connell and Bill McDonough
2Melting and DifferentiationTim Grove
3Basics of ConvectionRick O'Connell and Brad Hager
4Isotope Systems and GeochemistryStan Hart
5More on Mantle DynamicsBrad Hager, Rick O'Connell, Louise Kellogg
6Seismology Part I: Subduction ZonesRob Van Der Hilst
7Constraints from Noble Gas Data on Mantle MixingLouise Kellogg and Stein Jacobsen
8Seismology Part II: Constraints on Mantle Structure from Global TomographyRob Van Der Hilst
9Open Discussion of Issues
10Mantle Stratification (or lack thereof)Tom Jordan
11Student Presentation of Research Proposals (Final Assignment)

 








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