Topic and Reading                          

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Course Notes  On-Line

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Introduction to Geodynamics

Lillie: Chapter 1       Priestly's Note

Seismic Waves-1

Lillie: Chapter 3,      Suggested papers.

Paper

• Strength of the continental lithosphere

Seismic Waves-2

Plate Tectonics 1

 Lillie: Chapter 2,3   

Priestly's Note   

Paper

• Lithospheric strength

Plate Tectonics 2

Lillie: Chapter 2   
Paper

• Which forces drive North America?

Plate Tectonics 3,4

Lillie: Chapter 2 and Priestly's Note 

Lecture7

Papers

• Mantle flow/Arabia?

• Moho/mantle

Support

Earthquake Seismology 1,2

Lillie: Chapter7        Priestly's Note

Lecture9

• Papers

• Earthquake Conversation

• Forecasting/seismicity

Earthquake Seismology 3,4

Lillie: Chapter 7  

Lecture11

Papers

• The Arabian Shield

•  Seismic /Arabian Plate

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Lecture13

Mid Term Break

Deep Interior of the Earth: Seismic Tomography

Fowler: Chapter 8

Paper on Crust:

• Arabian Platform

• SW Japan

Gravity Methods

Gravity and Isostasy

Lillie: Chapter 8

Lecture16

Paper: Arabia-Eurasia convergence/Zagros

Gravity Modeling 1,2

Lillie: Chapter 8 and Suggested Papers

Lecture18

Paper: GPS/Africa-Arabia  

Support

 Geomagnetism 1,2

     Lillie: Chapter 10     

Lecture20

Paper: Mantle Discontinuity

Paleomagnetism

Heat Flow 1

Paper: Imaging/Structure

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• Paper: Lithosphere/  Rocky Mountains

 Crustal Structure and Tectonic Evolution of

• Read Sea

•        Dead Sea  

• Western Canada

•        Japan

Heat Flow 2

Review

Papers:

• Mantle/RockyMountains

• Upper mantle/Subduction Zone

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