EAS 4040 Geodynamics
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR Spring. 3 credits. Prerequisite: calculus and calculus-based physics courses or permission of instructor. Offered alternate years; next offered 2010–2011. J. Phipps-Morgan.
Quantitative study of the deformation, heat transport, and melting processes that have shaped the evolution of the solid Earth. Familiar physical and chemical principles and concepts are applied to the study of plate tectonics, fluid dynamics, mantle convection, melting, and mountain building.