? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 9  ? Acronym : GEO-3-MATH

This course is aimed at third-year geophysics, geology, and GPG students who are interested in using and extending their mathematical skills, and in exploring the insights that can be developed through quantitative modelling of geological processes. It is compulsory for those students who intend to take Geophysics 4. Examples and applications will be drawn from the book "Geodynamics" by Turcotte & Schubert, though the mathematical treatment may be different. Teaching is by means of a series of "workshops", in which short lectures on the underlying mathematical techniques and their geological and geophysical applications are mixed with example classes and computational sessions.

? Pre-requisites : Introduction to Geophysics, Mathematical Methods 4, Applicable Mathematics 4, Physics 2A: Forces, Fields & Potentials. Other students may be admitted at the discretion of the Course Organiser. Some additional reading may be specified for such students.

? Costs : None.

Home subject area

Earth Science, (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 7 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 21/09/2006 15:00 15:50 Room 6.6201, JCMB KB

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Monday 14:00 14:50 KB Lecture Thursday 15:00 15:50 KB Lecture Thursday 16:10 17:00 KB

to be confirmed

Continuous assessment (no written examination).

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Patrizia Mencuccini
Tel : (0131 6)50 5101
Email : patrizia.mencuccini@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Wyn Williams
Tel : (0131 6)50 4909
Email : wyn.williams@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/