Department of Physics

10ΕΚ511 Physics of the Earth's Solid Crust (postgraduate)

Course Webpage:https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS172

Course Content

• Introduction to Earth physics. Thermal and pressure gradients in Earth's interior. Grüneisen theory. Harmonicity-anharmonicity. Melting.
• Heterogeneity and transport phenomena.
• Mechanical properties of materials of Earth.
• Seismic waves and structure of the Earth's solid crust.
• The electromagnetic field in the Earth's solid crust.
• Electromagnetic properties of materials of the Earth's solid crust.
• Electric and electromagnetic monitoring methods.
• Introduction to the physics of preseismic electric signals.