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Currently I teach: Earth Sciences 220 (Fall 2007) - Environmental and Exploration Geophysics; Earth Sciences 421 (Spring 2008) - Physics of the Earth II |
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This course provides a brief introduction to the discipline of applied seismology - the branch of geophysics that investigates earthquakes, and Earth structure using sound waves in rocks. The source of seismic waves can be either artificial (e.g., an explosion, vibrational device or a hammer blow), or natural (most often earthquakes). In many ways, seismology is to the Earth Sciences what radiology is to Medicine; it is our window into the Earth's interior, providing a way to map and study, in situ, the inner workings of our planet at different scales. |
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ES 220—Environmental and Exploration Geophysics |
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This course provides an advanced overview of fundamental processes responsible for the evolution and the current dynamic state of the Earth and other planets. It introduces concepts and topics of physics of the Earth providing a way to study the inner workings of our planet at different temporal and spatial scales. During the course students will be given an introduction into several fundamental physical concepts such as magnetism, radioactivity, elasticity, and elements of continuum mechanics which play a key role in understanding and studying various phenomena on the Earth and planets. |
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ES 421—Physics of the Earth II |
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Dr. Robert Shcherbakov |
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Assistant Professor PhD, Cornell University, 2002
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