GEODYNAMICS- SIO 234
http://topex.ucsd.edu/geodynamics
A
general course on the dynamics and kinematics of the
solidearth based on the text of Turcotte and Schubert.
Prerequisite: some familiarity with
(or willingness to learn ) partial differential equations and
fourier transforms.
David Sandwell; 1102 IGPP; dsandwell@ucsd.edu; Ph.
534-7109
John Orcutt; 2213 IGPP; Ph.
822-6378
Lecture
course, 4-units, letter grade or S/U grade, homework, weekly and
final quiz.
| DATE |
TOPIC |
READING/HOMEWORK |
LECTURER |
| Introduction and
Plate Tectonics |
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| 29 SEP |
No Class - View
Videos on Plate Tectonics Maria Seton Dick Hey John Tarduno |
Read: T&S, Ch.1. 1-55 or Plate Tectonics, S,T&O, Ch. 2. HW1 |
Orcutt |
| 01 OCT |
Plate
Tectonics - Observations |
Sandwell |
|
| 03 OCT |
Plate
Tectonic - Theory |
Read: The
Ocean basins: Their Structure and Evolution, Chapter 2 (in IGPP Reading Room) |
Sandwell |
| 05 OCT |
Applications of fourier transforms; | Functions of a Complex
Variable (review); Matlab Tutorial HW2 |
Sandwell |
| 08 OCT |
Marine magnetic anomalies | |
Sandwell |
| 10 OCT |
Plate Motions, Reconstructions, and Plumes |
Sandwell |
|
| Heat Flow |
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| 12 OCT |
Heat conduction, heat flow measurements, and Global heat budget; | Read: Heat Transfer, T&S, Ch. 4., 132- HW3 publications for HW3 |
Sandwell |
| 15 OCT |
Quiz 1: Plate Tectonics and Fourier Transforms exercises | ||
| 17 OCT |
Cooling of the oceanic lithosphere; | Sandwell |
|
| 19 OCT |
Read: Heat Transfer, T&S, Ch. 4., 166-183 | Orcutt |
|
| 22 OCT |
Ocean floor topography; |
Lateral
Plate Shrinkage Heat flow and hydrothermal circulation HW4 Problems from T&S, Ch. 4 4-9, 4-14, 4-23, 4-25, 4-37 DUE 24 OCT |
Sandwell |
| 24 OCT |
Buoyancy of the lithosphere; Cooling of a lava lake (Stefan problem) Summary of boundary later cooling |
Read: Doin and
Fleitout, EPSL, 1996 Read Hillier and Watts, JGR, 2005 Read: T&S, Ch. 2. 89-104 |
Sandwell |
| Isostasy, Rheology, and Flexure | |||
| 26 OCT |
Isostasy and
crustal thickness; Review Stress and Strain |
Read: Brace and
Kohlstedt, JGR, 1980 Burov and Watts Burgmann and Dresen_2008 |
Sandwell |
| 29 OCT |
Presentations of heat flow problems | D - oceanic
fracture zone B - SAF heat flow |
|
| 31 OCT |
Presentations of heat flow problems | G -
frictional heating during earthquake A - marine magnetics |
|
| 02 NOV |
Presentations of heat flow
problems Rheology of the Lithosphere Moment vs. Curvature |
Read: Elasticity, T&S, Ch3, 105-120 | C - wine cellar
problem |
| 05 NOV |
Flexure Theory |
Read: Flexure, T&S, Ch.3, 112-131; HW5 |
|
| 07 NOV |
Flexure Examples | |
Sandwell |
| Earthquakes | |||
| 09 NOV |
Theories of faulting; Seismic cycle. |
Reading Interseismic deformation due to strike-slip faults Class notes, T&S Chapter 8, 339-359; |
Sandwell |
| 12 NOV |
Holiday - Veterans Day |
||
| 14 NOV |
Heat Flow Paradox of the San Andreas Fault | Heat Flow Paradox |
Sandwell |
| Gravity | |||
| 16 NOV |
Reference
gravity
Gravity Anomalies |
Read T&S, Gravity, 195-207 | Sandwell |
| 16 NOV |
Visit RV/Revelle at MARFAC - 5:00PM to 7:00PM | Becker |
|
| 19 NOV |
Laplace's
equation and satellite altimetry |
Watts, JGR, 1978 |
Orcutt |
| 21 NOV |
Poisson's equation and Bouguer
anomalies |
HW6 | Sandwell |
| 23 NOV |
Holiday - Thanksgiving | ||
| Fluid Mechanics |
|||
| 26 NOV |
Gravity/topography transfer function; Isostatic geoid anomalies, Swell-push force | Read
T&S, Fluid Mechanics, 226-241 |
Sandwell |
| 28 NOV |
Channel Flow and Stream Function |
HW7 Problems from T&S, Ch. 6 6-1, 6-3, 6-6, 6-11 Due Dec 10 |
Sandwell |
| 30 NOV |
Postglacial Rebound |
Sandwell |
|
| 10 DEC |
Student presentations of flexure problems | E-Lake
Loading C-Trench |
|
| 12 DEC |
Student presentations of flexure problems | D-Fracture
Zone B-Seamount F-Venus |
Textbooks:
Geodynamics:
Second Edition, Turcotte, D. L. and Schubert, G., John
Wiley & Sons, New York, 2002.
Reference Books:
Mantle
Dynamics: Mantle
Convection in the Earth and Planets, Schubert, G., Turcotte,
D. L. and P. Olson, Cambridge University Press, 2001
Fourier
Transforms: The Fourier Transform and its
Application, Bracewell, R. N., McGraw-Hill Book Co., New
York, 1978. (Chapters 2, 6)
Marine
Geophysics: The Ocean Basins: Their
Structure and Evolution, The Open University , Pergamon
Press, 1989. (Chapters 2, 3)
General
Ref.: Physics of the Earth, Stacey, F.
D., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1969.
Computer
Homework:
Computer homework
can be done using Fortran, C, or MATLAB which runs on most
machines. If you do not have a computer account we will
set you up.