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Welcome to the Department of Geology & Geophysics web site. If you are looking for diversity in your education -- and diversity of experience is what education is about -- changing latitude is more effective than changing longitude! For the geoscientist, Alaska is one of the most exciting natural laboratories on Earth. This is in part because it is an exceptionally dynamic place and in part because much remains to be discovered here. There is more to be done than refining the last study of a decade ago. There is an element of exploration to our work.
During the last century, Alaska saw the world s largest volcanic eruption and second largest earthquake. Together with western Canada, Alaska contains the largest ice mass outside of Antarctica and Greenland. Global warming is not just warming here but melting, with dramatic changes in permafrost, glaciers, and sea ice and attendant impacts on northern and coastal villages. It is also an area of active exploration for and discovery of mineral and energy resources.
Such a place provides an exciting environment for learning. Students have opportunities to engage in geology and geophysics that is at once basic research and also relates to some of the most important themes of the day: natural hazards, natural resources, and human adaptation to and stewardship of a changing environment. Many of these issues can be experienced first hand, rather than academically , and that makes for the best possible academic experience.
Because Fairbanks is such an exceptional observation post and expedition base, we have in the geosciences a ratio of researchers - teachers to students that may be unmatched by any other university. Of course, our faculty and students are not limited to research in Alaska. We are also engaged in projects in Japan, Russia, Hawaii, Italy, Canada, Mexico, Antarctica, and Mars. Alaska is ideally suited as a base for these sorts of far-flung efforts too. It is the most international of states, bordering Russia and Canada but not the rest of the US. As for Mars, volcanism and permafrost provide good analogs of the Martian environment, and a warm day on Mars compares favorably with a cold winter day in Fairbanks both beautiful. Indeed, the Far North beckons the scientist with its primordial, planetary aspect.
The USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology (Toxics) Program conducts geophysical investigations and applied research at a variety of the Program s research sites. In most cases geophysical activities complement and extend the other research activities at the sites. The objectives of the work are to use geophysical methods to characterize and monitor the processes and properties that affect the migration of a diverse set of contaminants in the subsurface and to develop and modify geophysical methods for the detection, characterization, and monitoring of subsurface contamination. Emphasis is placed on providing increasingly quantitative spatial and temporal information about subsurface structure and the distribution of contaminants. The Toxics Program disseminates the results of this research to environmental professionals through publications, presentations, and technology transfer and training programs. The information presented on this page cuts across lines drawn by individual investigations and projects so that information on the application of geophysical methods to contaminant studies can be presented in one place.
Earth and Planetary Sciences 161 : Planetary Physics and Global Tectonics
Richard J. O'Connell
Study of the physics and tectonic processes that govern the properties and evolution of the Earth and other planets. Covers: properties of planets and their interiors; plate tectonics on the Earth; magnetic fields of the Earth and planets; deformation and heat flow and planetary thermal evolution; melting and volcanism in planets; gravity and tidal interaction.
Earth and Planetary Sciences 201 : Physics of the Earth's Interior
Richard J. O'Connell
The properties and processes of the solid Earth: Continuum mechanics; structure and state of the Earth's interior; gravity and the geoid; viscous creep and mantle flow; rotational dynamics; heat transport and mantle convection.
Earth and Planetary Sciences 260 : Topics in Geophysics
Richard J. O'Connell, Miaki Ishii
Research seminar on current important problems on the state and processes of the solid Earth. Topics may include mantle structure and geochemistry, the core-mantle boundary, the continental lithosphere.
Note: This course is coordinated with a research course at MIT.
Earth and Planetary Sciences 264r : Topics in Planetary Magnetism
Jeremy Bloxham
Theoretical and observational aspects of planetary magnetism. Topics: observations of Earth's and other planets magnetic fields; core structure, dynamics and energetics; rotation and convection; magn etohydrodynamics and magnetic field generation; kinematic and dynamic dynamo theory.
Earth and Planetary Sciences 265r. Topics in Geodyamics
Richard J. O'Connell
Topics in the dynamics of processes and properties in the Earth's interior, including: thermal convection and flow in the mantle, rheology of the mantle, plate motions, plate deformation, physical properties of rocks and minerals.
Note: Given in alternate years.
Earth and Planetary Sciences 362 : Dynamo Theory: Research Seminar
Jeremy Bloxham
Earth and Planetary Sciences 364 : Geophysics
Jeremy Bloxham
Welcome to the Department of Geology & Geophysics web site. If you are looking for diversity in your education -- and diversity of experience is what education is about -- changing latitude is more effective than changing longitude! For the geoscientist, Alaska is one of the most exciting natural laboratories on Earth. This is in part because it is an exceptionally dynamic place and in part because much remains to be discovered here. There is more to be done than refining the last study of a decade ago. There is an element of exploration to our work.
During the last century, Alaska saw the world s largest volcanic eruption and second largest earthquake. Together with western Canada, Alaska contains the largest ice mass outside of Antarctica and Greenland. Global warming is not just warming here but melting, with dramatic changes in permafrost, glaciers, and sea ice and attendant impacts on northern and coastal villages. It is also an area of active exploration for and discovery of mineral and energy resources.
Such a place provides an exciting environment for learning. Students have opportunities to engage in geology and geophysics that is at once basic research and also relates to some of the most important themes of the day: natural hazards, natural resources, and human adaptation to and stewardship of a changing environment. Many of these issues can be experienced first hand, rather than academically , and that makes for the best possible academic experience.
Because Fairbanks is such an exceptional observation post and expedition base, we have in the geosciences a ratio of researchers - teachers to students that may be unmatched by any other university. Of course, our faculty and students are not limited to research in Alaska. We are also engaged in projects in Japan, Russia, Hawaii, Italy, Canada, Mexico, Antarctica, and Mars. Alaska is ideally suited as a base for these sorts of far-flung efforts too. It is the most international of states, bordering Russia and Canada but not the rest of the US. As for Mars, volcanism and permafrost provide good analogs of the Martian environment, and a warm day on Mars compares favorably with a cold winter day in Fairbanks both beautiful. Indeed, the Far North beckons the scientist with its primordial, planetary aspect.
The USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology (Toxics) Program conducts geophysical investigations and applied research at a variety of the Program s research sites. In most cases geophysical activities complement and extend the other research activities at the sites. The objectives of the work are to use geophysical methods to characterize and monitor the processes and properties that affect the migration of a diverse set of contaminants in the subsurface and to develop and modify geophysical methods for the detection, characterization, and monitoring of subsurface contamination. Emphasis is placed on providing increasingly quantitative spatial and temporal information about subsurface structure and the distribution of contaminants. The Toxics Program disseminates the results of this research to environmental professionals through publications, presentations, and technology transfer and training programs. The information presented on this page cuts across lines drawn by individual investigations and projects so that information on the application of geophysical methods to contaminant studies can be presented in one place.
Earth and Planetary Sciences 161 : Planetary Physics and Global Tectonics
Richard J. O'Connell
Study of the physics and tectonic processes that govern the properties and evolution of the Earth and other planets. Covers: properties of planets and their interiors; plate tectonics on the Earth; magnetic fields of the Earth and planets; deformation and heat flow and planetary thermal evolution; melting and volcanism in planets; gravity and tidal interaction.
Earth and Planetary Sciences 201 : Physics of the Earth's Interior
Richard J. O'Connell
The properties and processes of the solid Earth: Continuum mechanics; structure and state of the Earth's interior; gravity and the geoid; viscous creep and mantle flow; rotational dynamics; heat transport and mantle convection.
Earth and Planetary Sciences 260 : Topics in Geophysics
Richard J. O'Connell, Miaki Ishii
Research seminar on current important problems on the state and processes of the solid Earth. Topics may include mantle structure and geochemistry, the core-mantle boundary, the continental lithosphere.
Note: This course is coordinated with a research course at MIT.
Earth and Planetary Sciences 264r : Topics in Planetary Magnetism
Jeremy Bloxham
Theoretical and observational aspects of planetary magnetism. Topics: observations of Earth's and other planets magnetic fields; core structure, dynamics and energetics; rotation and convection; magn etohydrodynamics and magnetic field generation; kinematic and dynamic dynamo theory.
Earth and Planetary Sciences 265r. Topics in Geodyamics
Richard J. O'Connell
Topics in the dynamics of processes and properties in the Earth's interior, including: thermal convection and flow in the mantle, rheology of the mantle, plate motions, plate deformation, physical properties of rocks and minerals.
Note: Given in alternate years.
Earth and Planetary Sciences 362 : Dynamo Theory: Research Seminar
Jeremy Bloxham
Earth and Planetary Sciences 364 : Geophysics
Jeremy Bloxham