Oct. 14
From GeoClasses
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Topics from chapter 14
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the basics
- reflection vs refraction
- types of waves
- compressional
- shear
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through Earth's layers
- see fig. 14.2
- shadow zones
- reflections at boundaries
- determining Earth's layers
- Moho
- mantle layers (see fig. 14.6)
- core-mantle boundary
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isostacy
- why continents stick up above ocean floor
- see Earth issues 14.1
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heat flow
- conduction through lithosphere
- convection in mantle and core
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seismic tomography
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Geodynamo
- dipole
- nondipole
- secular variation
- magnetic reversals
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Paleomagnetism
- thermoremnant magnetism
- depositional remnant magnetism
- magnetic stratigraphy
