- Docente: Silvia Castellaro
- Credits: 8
- SSD: GEO/10
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Geological Sciences (cod. 8015)
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from Feb 20, 2024 to May 23, 2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student knows the internal structure of the Earth from a physical (seismic, gravimetric, thermal, magnetic) point of view and the tectonophysical processes that shaped it. The student knows the main rheological models for the Earth interior, the main exploration methods that allowed to define the Earth structure and the still open questions. The student is capable to apply these concepts to the basic interpretation of data acquired by means of the methodologies described above.
Course contents
Basic elements of metrology, error theory, regression theory. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
SEISMOLOGY and SEISMIC PROSPECTION (body wave)
Elastic theory. Internal structure of the Earth. Seismic refraction, reflection. In-hole seismic methods.
GRAVIMETRY and GRAVIMETRIC PROSPECTION
Basic elements of magnetism and heat flow applied to the Earth interior.
Readings/Bibliography
W. Lowrie, 2020. Fundamentals of Geophysics. Cambridge University Press
C.M.R. Fowler, The Soild Earth: an Introduction to Global Geophysics, Cambridge University Press
Teaching methods
Lessons, class experiments, field work.
All lessons are recorded and made available.
Assessment methods
Written test (3 exercises).
Oral test.
Individual report on seismic refraction to produce.
Office hours
See the website of Silvia Castellaro