GEOL 515: Introduction to Geophysics

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Internet Resources

NASA's Earth Observatory - Earth's Gravity Field

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center - Planetary Dynamics

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center - Scientific Visualization Studio

Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)

European Space Agency (ESA)

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

USGS's Earthquake Hazards Program

USGS - Largest Earthquakes Since 1900

IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology)

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) - Marine Geology and Geophysics

U.S. Department of Energy

Met Office - U.K.'s National Weather Service

Introduction to Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics

Suggested Readings

Dimri (2005). Fractal behaviour of the Earth system. (also available online)

Jacoby (2009). Gravity interpretation : fundamentals and application of gravity inversion and geological interpretation. (online resource)

Lowrie (2007). Fundamentals of geophysics.

Marshall & Plumb (2008). Atmosphere, ocean, and climate dynamics : an introductory text.

Poirier (2000). Introduction to the physics of the Earth's interior. (also available online)

Roy (2008). Potential theory in applied geophysics. (also available online)

Wahr (1996). Geodesy and gravity : class notes. (pdf)

Academic Journal Articles

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Journals

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (also available online)

Climatic Change (also available online)

Geophysical Journal International (also available online)

Geophysical Research Letters (also available online)

Geophysics

Global and Planetary Change (also available online)

Journal of Geodynamics (also available online)

Journal of Geophysical Research (online resource)

The Leading Edge (also available online)

Nature (also available online)

Science (also available online)

Reference Sources

AccessScience
An online science encyclopedia plus news, images, and study guides.

Today's Science
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Tools

Live Physics - Tools for learning and teaching science

WolframAlpha - A computational knowledge engine

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