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• Class Schedule (pdf)

  Earth structure

• Background article on modes (pdf)
• Background on resolving power theory (pdf)
• Resolution paper (pdf)
• Background on P and T in the deep Earth (pdf)
• Overheads for first week (ppt)
• Some notes on Earth structure from erth103 (pdf)

  Class presentations on Earth structure (removed)

  Mantle composition

• Background on mantle composition (pdf)
• Overheads for geological background (ppt)
• Overheads for mantle composition (ppt)

  Mineral physics

• Background on property behavior at high T and P (revised) (pdf)
• Overheads for third week (ppt)
• Problem set 1 (pdf)
• data for problem set 1 (ascii)
• Background on thermodynamics of phase transformations (revised) (pdf)
• Nic Richmond's lecture on computational min. phys. (ppt)
• Overheads for fourth and fifth week (ppt)
• Recent paper on composition and T of lower mantle (pdf)
• Boehler review paper on DAC and melting (pdf)
• Background on phase diagram of iron and T in core (pdf)
• Recent paper on shock determination of melting in Fe (pdf)
• Overheads for sixth week (ppt)
• Steve's notes on electrical cond. (pdf)

  Class presentations on Mineral Physics (removed)

  Mantle viscosity and mantle convection

• Background on physics of rock deformation (pdf)
• Overheads for rock deformation (ppt)
• Background on calculation of buoyancy-driven flow (pdf)
• Overheads for buoyancy flow (ppt)
• Mantle convection equations (pdf)
• Overheads for mantle convection (ppt)

  Class presentations on viscosity (removed)

  Seismic Tomography

• Background paper on Vs and Vs/Vc modelling (pdf)
• Overheads for seismic tomography (ppt)

  Geochemistry and thermal history

• Overheads for geochemistry (ppt)
• Overheads for thermal history (ppt)

  Class presentations on geochemistry (removed)

  Miscellaneous

• Munich talk for various people (ppt)