PHY 385 — INTRODUCTORY GEOPHYSICS
BSc BSc Physics · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Theories of the origin of the Solar System i. The Nebular hypothesis; Collision hypothesis ii. The Proloplaner hypothesis The centrifugal effect of the earth's rotation, i. the spheroid and geoid ii. the flattening of the earth Gravitational potential, Macullagh's formula, g derived from gravitational and rotational potential; IGRF, the Principle of Isostasy [ Pratt and Airy]. Origin of the magnetic and electric fields. The Dynamo theory. Magnetic minerals. Magnetic remanence. Palaeomagnetism. Heat flow. The Heat sources; Rock dating techniques. The internal structure of the earth derived from seismology. Theory of plate tectonics. Types of plate movement.
- Credits
- 2
- Level
- Level 300
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