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Instructors:
Dr. Rory D. Cottrell and Prof. John Tarduno
Lecture: F 10:00 - 10:50 am, Hutchison
Hall 329 or as indicated
Goals: The course will give a basic
outline of paleomagnetism and its
application to questions in geomagnetism and tectonics. Students will
also gain
familiarity with UNIX, GMT and writing a rotation program.
Requirements: Reading, EES256: basic, EES456, basic
and
advanced (see schedule below); quizzes, short problem sets, and a paper
(EES256) or proposal
(EES456)
Readings
will come from:
- Robert Butler, Paleomagnetism: Magnetic Domains to
Geologic Terranes found online here.
- David Dunlop and Ozden Ozdemir, Rock Magnetism:Fundamentals and Frontiers
(D&O)
- Ronald Merrill, Michael
McElhinny and Phillip McFadden, The
Magnetic Field of the Earth: Paleomagnetism, the Core and the Deep
Mantle (M3)
- Allan Cox and Robert Brian Hart, Plate Tectonics: How it Works (C&H)
- Recommended Scientific Papers and
Presentations, M. Davis
Course Credit: 4 credits
Class format: The course has been
designed with a hands-on approach; meeting times are for brief
presentations
and/or tutorials; much of the work is to be done outside of class hours
through
reading, work on problem sets, analysis and presentation of published
data, and
hypothesis testing.
| Week |
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Basic |
Advanced |
Notes |
| 1 |
Sept 4 |
Organizational Meeting and Ethics |
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| 2 |
Sept 11 |
Introduction to Geomagnetism.
Ferromagnetic Minerals
Reading: Butler Ch1-2 |
History of Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism, The
Present Geomagnetic Field
Reading: M3 Ch1-2,
D&O Ch 2-3 |
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| 3 |
Sept 18 |
Origins of NRM, Sampling and Stability Tests
Reading Butler Ch 3-5 |
Single domain thermoremanent magnetization
Reading D&O Ch8,
(9-10) |
Quiz on geomagnetism, magnetic mineralogy and
magnetization processes |
| 4 |
Sept 25 |
Statistics
of Paleomagnetic Data and Poles
Reading Butler Ch 6-7
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Problem Set |
| 5 |
Oct 2 |
Non-tectonic Applications
Reading Butler Ch 8-9,
C&H Ch 8 |
Reversals of the Earth's Magnetic Field, The Time
Averaged Paleomagnetic Field
Reading M3 Ch 5-6 |
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| 6 |
Oct 9 |
Elements volume on magnetism - links to reading
below |
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| 7 |
Oct 16 |
Tectonic Applications I
Reading Butler Ch 10-11 |
Quiz on
non-tectonic applications |
| 8 |
Oct 25 |
Finite Rotations
Reading C&H Ch 7 |
Problem Set |
| 9 |
Oct 30 |
Putting it all together - Old View
Reading C&H Ch 10 |
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| 10 |
Nov 6 |
Putting it all together - New View (Dynamic Mantle)
Reading Tarduno
et al., Science; 2003; 2009; Tarduno 2007; Steinberger et al.
JGR (summary of global predictions for hotspot motion). |
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| 11 |
Nov 13 |
Individual meetings on class paper/proposal |
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| 12 |
Nov 20 |
Individual meetings on
class paper/proposal |
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| 13 |
Thanksgiving - No Class meeting this week |
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| 14 |
Dec 4 |
Individual meetings on class paper/proposal |
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| 15 |
Dec 11 |
Papers/proposals due |
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Sessions to be scheduled:
- Introduction to UNIX
- Introduction to GMT
- Writing
a rotation program
in Fortran
Elements: Special Issue: Mineral
Magnetism: From Microbes to Meteorites
Download the PDF of the entire issue - available
only to UR students/faculty
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