Course Syllabus

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Class Meets MWF, 13:30-14:20 in Geology 301B

Reading Assignments:

For 23 January: Furlong & Chapman (2013) Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 41, 385-410 For 3 February: Roy et al., Nature, 459, 978-982 For 15 February: Kellogg et al., Science, 283(5409), 1881-1884 For 27 February: Castellanos et al., Science Advances, 6(28), #abb0476 For 15 March: Becker et al. (2015) Nature, 524(7566), 458-461 For 22 March: Liu & Hasterok, Science, 353(6307), 1515-1519 For 29 March: Berry et al. (2022) Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 584, #117483 For 3 April: Im et al. (2020) Nature Geoscience, 13, 705-710 For 7 April: Shreedharan et al.,, Science, 379(6633), 712-717 For 14 April: Willett et al., Nature, 314, 520-523 For 19 April: Schmandt et al. (2014) Science 344, 1265-1268 For 24 April: Schutt & Lesher (2006) J. Geophys. Res. 111 (B5)

Assignments: Due 3 March at 1:30 pm Exercises 1 Modeling tools (Geotherm.m matlab script) & Answer key... Due 3 May at 5pm: Exercises 2 and Answer key... Grad presentations will be held during the scheduled final exam time for our time-slot, Friday, May 1, 13:30. Project reports will be due Wednesday May 3 at 5 pm. PowerPoint Lectures and UPDATED Schedule: 9 January: Introduction: Geophysics, Isostasy 11 January: Isostasy, Concepts of Lithosphere 13 January: Introduction to Thermal Transfer 18 January: Surface Heat Flow & Conductive Thermal Transfer 20 January: Rock Thermal Properties (Conductivity & Heat Production) 23 January: Furlong & Chapman (2013) 25 January: On Critical Thinking 27 January: On Critical Thinking; Geotherms and Melting 30 January: Topography and Time-Dependence in Heat Transfer 1 February: Time-Dependent Temperature and Isostasy 3 February: Roy et al. (Shelby Dianne's ppt) 6 February: More on W.U.S. thermal 8 February: The Adiabiat; Convective Flow 10 February: Convective Flow 13 February: Diapirs & Downwellings (Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities) 15 February: Kellogg et al. (Jacob's pdf) 17 February: Geophysical expression of Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities? 22 February: More on drips... 24 February: Rheology 27 February: Castellanos et al. (Kitri's pdf) 1 March: Ductile rheology 3 March: Rheology: The Yield Strength Envelope 13 March: Rheology: What do we need to predict deformation? 15 March: Becker et al. (Drew's discussion ppt) 17 March: Earthquake System Science: What Would We Need? 20 March: Creep rheology: Temperature, lithology, or water? 22 March: Liu & Hasterok (Ethan's ppt) 24 March: Physical State and Flow Rheology (Water?) 27 March: Brittle-field Rheology 29 March: Berry et al. 2022 (Joanna's discussion ppt) 31 March: Dynamical Friction & the Earthquake Cycle 3 April: Im et al. 2020 (Kayla's discussion ppt) 5 April: Dynamical Friction Observations 7 April: Shreedharan et al. (Morgan's pdf) 10 April: Flexural Isostasy 12 April: Flexural Isostatic Analysis of Loading 14 April: Willett et al. (Natalie's ppt) 17 April: Sourcing of Western U.S. Lithospheric and Dynamic Elevation... 19 April: Schmandt et al (Jacob's ppt) Bonus powerpoints! Relating Flexural Rigidity to Rheology Flexural Rigidity & Rheology Definitions of Lithosphere revisited; Plates; "Tectosphere" Major element chemistry, melting & tectosphere