This course introduces the structure, composition, and physical processes governing the terrestrial planets, including their formation and basic orbital properties.
FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos
694 years, 4 months
Units & Quizzes
25
Unlimited Lifetime access
Access on mobile app
Certificate of Completion
Topics include plate tectonics, earthquakes, seismic waves, rheology, impact cratering, gravity and magnetic fields, heat flux, thermal structure, mantle convection, deep interiors, planetary magnetism, and core dynamics. Suitable for majors and non-majors seeking general background in geophysics and planetary structure
Course Currilcum
- Solar system formation Unlimited
- Origin of elements Unlimited
- Geochronology Unlimited
- Age of the solar system Unlimited
- Mass and moment of inertia Unlimited
- Rheology and seismology Unlimited
- Elastic stress strain relations Unlimited
- Seismic waves and wave equation Unlimited
- Structure of the planets from seismology Unlimited
- Heat and conduction Unlimited
- Heat convection Unlimited
- The error function Unlimited
- Oceanic subsidence and heat flow Unlimited
- Convective heat flow Unlimited
- Cooling planets Unlimited
- Geomagnetism I Unlimited
- Geomagnetism II Unlimited
- Polar wander and continental drift Unlimited
- Isostasy Unlimited
- Gravity anomalies Unlimited
- Planetary histories Unlimited
- Planets Unlimited
- Mercury Unlimited
- Moon Unlimited
- Venus Unlimited
