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12.201 / 12.501 Essentials of Geophysics

This course is designed to be a survey of the various subdisciplines of geophysics (geodesy, gravity, geomagnetism, seismology, and geodynamics) and how they might relate to or be relevant for other planets. No prior background in Earth sciences is assumed, but students should be comfortable with vector calculus, classical mechanics, and potential field theory.... Show More

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Science and Technology / Geoscience / Atmospheric Science

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: June 9, 2011
Date Modified in MERLOT:: June 12, 2018
Author:: Prof. Robert Van Der Hilst
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States