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Fall 2026 Graduate Catalog
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GEO 552 - Physics of the Earth II

Study of the Earth’s structure and properties based on evidence from seismology and high-pressure geophysics. Topics include fundamental principles of elastic wave theory, body and surface wave propagation in layered media, earthquake source mechanisms, free oscillations of the Earth, and rheological properties of the Earth’s interior. May be taken independently of GEO 551 .

3 credits

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.) ​

Offered Fall alternate years


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