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Solving Complex Problems provides an opportunity for entering freshmen to gain first-hand experience with working as part of a team to develop effective approaches to complex problems in Earth system science and engineering that do not have straightforward solutions. The subject includes training in a variety of skills, ranging from library
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- small teams
- effective solutions
- complex problems
- earth system science and engineering
- complementary case histories
- creative solution strategies
- web site development
- effective written and oral communication
- team building
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12.000 Solving Complex Problems is designed to provide students the opportunity to work as part of a team to propose solutions to a complex problem that requires an interdisciplinary approach. For the students of the class of 2013, 12.000 will revolve around the issues associated with what we can and must do about the steadily increasing am
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- carbon sequestration
- atmospheric carbon dioxide
- greenhouse gas emissions
- carbon capture
- carbon transport
- integrated global solution
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This course introduces students to the basics of geology. Through a combination of lectures, labs, and field observations, we will address topics ranging from formation of the elements, mineral and rock identification, and geological mapping to plate tectonics, erosion and climate engineering.
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- geology
- mineral
- igneous rock
- sedimentary rock
- metamorphic rock
- paleontology
- rock deformation
- rheology
- volcanoes
- plate tectonics
- earthquakes
- field techniques
- topography
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This course introduces the structure, composition, and physical processes governing the terrestrial planets, including their formation and basic orbital properties. Topics include plate tectonics, earthquakes, seismic waves, rheology, impact cratering, gravity and magnetic fields, heat flux, thermal structure, mantle convection, deep interi
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- terrestrial planets
- disk accretion
- planetary formation
- geochronology
- solar system
- elastic stress and strain
- seismic waves and wave equation
- seismology
- heat
- diffusion
- geomagnetism
- paleomagnetism
- plate tectonics
- topography
- isostasy
- gravity anomalies
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This undergraduate class is designed to introduce students to the physics that govern the circulation of the ocean and atmosphere. The focus of the course is on the processes that control the climate of the planet.AcknowledgmentsProf. Ferrari wishes to acknowledge that this course was originally designed and taught by Prof. John Marshall.
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- characteristics of the atmosphere
- characteristics of the atmosphere
- global energy balance
- greenhouse effect
- greenhouse gases
- atmospheric layers
- pressure and density
- convection
- adiabatic lapse rate
- humidity
- convective clouds
- temperature
- pressure and geopotential height
- winds
- fluids in motion
- hydrostatic balance
- incompressi
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This course focuses on the practical applications of the continuum concept for deformation of solids and fluids, emphasizing force balance. Topics include stress tensor, infinitesimal and finite strain, and rotation tensors. Constitutive relations applicable to geological materials, including elastic, viscous, brittle, and plastic deformati
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- geodynamics
- crust
- mantle
- rheological descriptions
- brittle deformation
- elastic deformation
- viscous deformation
- viscoelastic deformation
- plastic deformation
- nonlinear fluids
- stress
- strain
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This course provides an introduction to the theory and phenomenology of nonlinear dynamics and chaos in dissipative systems. The content is structured to be of general interest to undergraduates in science and engineering.
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- forced and parametric oscillators
- phase space
- periodic
- quasiperiodic
- and aperiodic flows
- sensitivity to initial conditions and strange attractors
- lorenz attractor
- period doubling
- intermittency
- and quasiperiodicity
- scaling and universality
- analysis of experimental data: fourier transforms
- poincar? sections
- fractal dimension
- lya
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This course introduces parallel evolution of life and the environment. Life processes are influenced by chemical and physical processes in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere and the solid earth. In turn, life can influence chemical and physical processes on our planet. This course introduces the concept of life as a geological agent an
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- carbon cycle
- isotopic analysis
- geobiochemistry
- climate
- climate change
- snowball earth
- mesozoic
- proterozoic
- mass extinctions
- paleoclimate
- antiquity of life
- carbon dating
- origin of life
- phylogenic trees
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This course analyzes cooperative processes that shape the natural environment, now and in the geologic past. It emphasizes the development of theoretical models that relate the physical and biological worlds, the comparison of theory to observational data, and associated mathematical methods. Topics include carbon cycle dynamics; ecosystem
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- natural environment
- carbon cycle dynamics
- ecosystem structure
- stability and complexity
- mass extinctions
- biosphere-geosphere coevolution
- climate change
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This course introduces programming languages and techniques used by physical scientists: FORTRAN, C, C++, MATLAB, and Mathematica. Emphasis is placed on program design, algorithm development and verification, and comparative advantages and disadvantages of different languages.
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- programming languages
- techniques used by physical scientists
- fortran
- c
- c++
- matlab
- mathematica
- program design
- algorithm development and verification
- comparative advantages and disadvantages of different languages
- examination of data with visualization techniques
- numerical analysis
- methods of dissemination and verification
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Required for all Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences majors in the Environmental Science track, this course is an introduction to current research in the field. Stresses integration of central scientific concepts in environmental policy making and the chemistry, biology, and geology environmental science tracks. Revisits selected cor
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- environmental science
- geoengineering
- geology
- geochemistry
- nuclear waste disposal
- planetary exploration
- coastal land-use policy
- international regulations for protecting the open-ocean environment
- environmental change
- natural hazards
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This course provides an introduction to the study of environmental phenomena that exhibit both organized structure and wide variability—i.e., complexity. Through focused study of a variety of physical, biological, and chemical problems in conjunction with theoretical models, we learn a series of lessons with wide applicability to understand
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- river networks
- drainage basins
- percolation theory
- fractals
- scaling
- universality
- ecological dynamics
- metabolic scaling
- food webs
- biogeochemical cycles
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This course begins by introducing students to aspects of fluid dynamics relevant to transport and deposition of particulate sedimentary materials. Emphasis is on the structure of turbulent shear flows and the forces exerted by fluid motions on bed of loosed sediment. With fluid dynamics as background, the course deals with sediment movement
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- fluid motions
- sediment transport
- sedimentary structures
- viscosity
- diffusion
- turbulence
- boundary layers
- laminar flow
- stress
- shear stress
- oscillatory-flow
- combined-flow
- wind ripples
- eolian dunes
- cross stratification
- planar lamination
Special Topics in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences: The Environment of the Earth's Surface
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A great variety of processes affect the surface of the Earth. Topics to be covered are production and movement of surficial materials; soils and soil erosion; precipitation; streams and lakes; groundwater flow; glaciers and their deposits. The course combines aspects of geology, climatology, hydrology, and soil science to present a coherent
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- soils
- soil erosion
- precipitation
- streams
- lakes
- groundwater flow
- glaciers
- geology
- climatology
- hydrology
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This course covers the following questions. What are the predominant heat producing elements of the Earth? Where and how much are they? Are they present in the core of the Earth? Detection of antineutrinos generated in the Earth provides: 1) information on the sources of the terrestrial heat, 2) direct test of the Bulk Silicate Earth (BSE)
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- antineutrinos
- antineutrino detectors
- antineutrino analysis
- antineutrino radiations
- radiogenic heat
- terrestrial heat flow
- bulk silicate earth (bse) model
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There are now about 170 identified impact craters on the Earth, and this number is growing, ever since the well known discovery of Meteor Crater in 1920s. Currently, multi-interdisciplinary research studies of impact structures are getting conducted in fields like mineralogy, petrology, environmental geology, and marine biology. The course
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- terrestrial impact cratering
- terrestrial impact structures
- argon dating
- icpms
- x-ray diffraction
- inaa
- environmental geochemistry
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