Lecture Notes

Lec # Topics LECTURE NOTES

1

Geodynamics: Introduction - Parameterized Convection

(PDF) (Courtesy of Richard O'Connell. Used with permission.)

2

Geochemistry: Composition of the Earth

Heat Producing Elements

Isotopic Evolution

 

3

Core Energetics: Geodynamo Constraints on Heat Generation and Transport

(PDF) (Courtesy of Jeremy Bloxham, scribed by Rosalee Lamm, Veronika Soukhovitskaya, Laurel Senft, Sandeep Rekhi, and Shichun Huang. Used with permission.)

4

Mineral Physics: Phase Transitions and Implications for Mantle Dynamics

(PDF) (Courtesy of Sang-heon Shim, scribed by Maureen Long, Sabine Stanley, Karin Louzada, and Scott Lundin. Used with permission.)

5

Mantle Petrology: Chemical and Petrological Constraints of Mantle Evolution (Accretion Models; Early Earth Conditions; Magma Ocean; Implications for Other Planets)

 

6

Noble Gas Constraints on Mantle Structure

(PDF) (Courtesy of Sujoy Mukhopadhyay. Used with permission.)

7

Constraints on Mantle Structure and Composition from Seismic Tomography (Part 1)

 

8

Constraints on Mantle Structure and Composition from Seismic Tomography (Part 2)

 

9

Simple Fluid Dynamical Constraints on Mixing, and Unmixing

 

10

Mantle Geochemistry and Heterogeneity

 

11

Lower Most Mantle and D'' (Heat Flow, Thermal Boundary Layers, Post-Perovskite, ...)

 

12

As a 'Grand Finale' all students taking the class for credit will present a short paper