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MIT OpenCourseWare
Seminar in Geophysics: Mantle Convection
- Instructor
- Prof. Robert Van Der Hilst
- Term
- Spring 1998
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 18 other files · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 12.570 Seminar in Geophysics: Mantle Convection, Spring 1998, Prof. Robert Van Der Hilst — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Before you start
Prerequisites are not listed here. Check MIT's own syllabus for this course.
How this course was organized
What's here, and what isn't
- A lecture sequence of 11 items is confirmed. It stays as organized materials rather than a full course order.
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Materials by section
Grouped by section, as MIT organized them. Not sequenced or ordered.
Readings
9 files
- Lecture 1 · Introduction Download
- Lecture 2 · Melting and Differentiation Download
- Lecture 3 · Basics of Convection Download
- Lecture 4 · Isotope Systems and Geochemistry Download
- Lecture 5 · More on Mantle Dynamics Download
- Lecture 6 · Seismology Part I: Subduction Zones Download
- Lecture 7 · Constraints from Noble Gas Data on Mantle Mixing Download
- Lecture 8 · Seismology Part II: Constraints on Mantle Structure from Global Tomography Download
- Lecture 10 · Mantle Stratification (or lack thereof) Download
Lecture Notes
- Lecture 1 · Introduction · Lecture notes (Courtesy of Richard O’Connell and William McDonough. Used with permission.) Download
- Lecture 3 · Basics of Convection · Lecture notes (Courtesy of Richard O’Connell and Bradford Hager. Used with permission.) Download
- Lecture 4 · Isotope Systems and Geochemistry · Lecture notes (Courtesy of Stan Hart and scribed by Jamie Kellogg. Used with permission.) Download
- Lecture 5 · More on Mantle Dynamics · Lecture notes (Courtesy of Shijie Zhong. Used with permission.) Download
- Lecture 6 · Seismology Part I: Subduction Zones Download
Assignments
- This file contains reading assignments by O'Connell and Hager (reading_240298(2).pdf) Download
- reading_2402982.pdf Download
- This file explains some considerations regarding the initiation of mantle convection (100298_notes(2).pdf) Download
- This file contains lecture by Timothy L. Grove on melting in the mantle describing introduction to… (170298_notes.pdf) Download
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Melting and Differentiation
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Lecture 3: Basics of Convection
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Lecture 4: Isotope Systems and Geochemistry
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Lecture 5: More on Mantle Dynamics
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Lecture 6: Seismology Part I: Subduction Zones
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Lecture 7: Constraints from Noble Gas Data on Mantle Mixing
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Lecture 8: Seismology Part II: Constraints on Mantle Structure from Global Tomography
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Lecture 9: Open Discussion of Issues
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Lecture 10: Mantle Stratification (or lack thereof)
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Lecture 11: Student Presentation of Research Proposals (Final Assignment)
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Robert Van Der Hilst, 12.570 Seminar in Geophysics: Mantle Convection, Spring 1998.
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