Soild-Earth Geophysics

Syllabus:

  • The earth as a planet; different motions of the earth; gravity field of the earth, 
  • Clairaut’s theorem, 
  • size and shape of earth; 
  • geomagnetic field, paleomagnetism; 
  • Geothermics and heat flow; 
  • seismology and interior of the earth; 
  • variation of density, velocity, pressure, temperature, electrical and magnetic properties of the earth.

Geodesy - 
  • Gravitational Field of the Earth; 
  • Geoid; Ellipsoid; Geodetic Reference Systems; Datum;
  • Everest (1830) and WGS 84 (1984) systems; GPS and DGPS; 
  • Levelling and Surveying.