| Week |
Instructor |
Topic |
Assignments and
Resources |
Exams |
Week 1
Jan. 8, 10 |
West |
Wednesday - What is Geophysics?
Friday - Gravity basics |
Assignments |
- |
Week 2
Jan. 13, 15, 17 |
West |
Monday - Gravity surveys
Wednesday - Interpreting gravity
Friday - Sea surface and the geiod |
Assignments |
- |
Week 3
Jan. 22, 24 |
Ni |
Wednesday - Isostasy
Friday - Applications of isostasy |
Assignments |
- |
Week 4
Jan. 27, 29, 31 |
Ni |
Introduction to Geomagnetism and magnetic methods |
Assignments |
- |
Week 5
Feb. 3, 5, 7 |
Ni |
GPS and crustal deformation |
Assignments |
- |
Week 6
Feb. 10, 12, 14 |
Ni |
Seismic Waves |
Assignments |
Exam 1: Friday February 14 |
Week 7
Feb. 17, 19, 21 |
Ni |
Seismic Refraction
Friday - Guest Lecturer: Martyn Unsworth |
Assignments |
- |
Week 8
Feb. 24, 26, 28 |
Ni |
Seismic Reflection |
Assignments |
- |
Week 9
Mar. 3, 5, 7 |
Ni |
Earthquakes and Faulting |
Assignments |
- |
Week 10
Mar. 10, 12, 14 |
West |
Monday - Seismic sources
Wednesday - Estimating focal mechanisms |
Assignments |
Exam 2: Friday, March 14 |
Week 11
Mar. 17, 19, 21 |
West |
Monday - Resistivity basics
Wednesday - Resistivity surveys
Friday - Wenner array Resistivity lab |
Assignments |
- |
Week 12
Mar. 31
Apr 2, 4 |
West |
Monday - Wenner array Resistivity lab (cont.)
Wednesday - Ground Penetrating Radar
Friday - Interpreting GPR lab |
Assignments |
- |
Week 13
Apr. 7, 9, 11 |
West |
Monday - InSAR
Wednesday - InSAR applications
Friday - Interpreting InSAR lab |
Assignments |
- |
Week 14
Apr. 14, 16 |
West |
Monday - review
Wednesday - Heat flow |
Assignments |
- |
Week 15
Apr. 21, 23, 25 |
West |
review, exam and projects |
assignments |
Exam 3: Wednesday, April 23 |
Week 16
Apr. 28, 30
May 2 |
West
Ni |
2 presentations each day |
Summary projects |
- |
Week 17
May 7 |
West
Ni |
Projects presentations |
Summary projects |
- |