Introduction to Physics of the Earth

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Welcome to the wiki for "Seeing the Unseen: an Introduction to Physics of the Earth" (GEOPH201 at Boise State University)! This site is made for and by the members, and for anyone else interested in the basic concepts of Geophysics. We use mediawiki to build these easily editable webpages. This is the same software used in wikipedia.

• Syllabus
• Members

Contents 1 Topics 2 Homeworks 3 Timeline of Geophysics developments 4 Useful links

Topics

• Gravity
• Magnetics
• Seismology
• Heat transfer in the Earth

Homeworks

• The gravitational acceleration on another planet
• Latitude corrections for g
• Exercise on the Earth's magnetic field and the figure you need

Timeline of Geophysics developments

(Links take you to pages explaining relevance of people/events on this site, or to Wiki articles if not developed here yet).

Useful links

• BSU's policy on using computers
• Dr. Michael's handout for the linux lab
• Mediawiki editing examples
• Global change slides from the Geoscience seminar by Dr. Bob Raynolds from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

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