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Seminar in Geophysics: Thermal and Chemical Evolution of the Earth

Art: US Army, US Weather map from 1872, 1872 · Public domain

Instructor: Prof. Robert Van Der Hilst
Term: Spring 2005
Level: Graduate
What's inside: 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 12 other files · 3 web pages
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Seminar in Geophysics: Thermal and Chemical Evolution of the Earth

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Lecture 2: Group 1 ( PDF ) (Courtesy of Sandeep Rekhi, Shichun Huang, Veronika Soukhovitskaya, Rosalee Lamm, and Laurel Senft. Used with permission.)

Lecture 3: Group 3 ( PDF ) (Courtesy of Yao Huajian, Victor Tsai, Diana Valencia, and Helge Gonnermann. Used with permission.) Group 4 ( PDF ) (Courtesy of Sabine Stanley, Maureen Long, Scott Lundin, and Karin Louzada. Used with permission.)

Lecture 4: Group 1 ( PDF ) (Courtesy of Sandeep Rekhi, Shichun Huang, Veronika Soukhovitskaya, Rosalee Lamm, and Laurel Senft. Used with permission.)

Lecture 5: Group 3 ( PDF ) (Courtesy of Yao Huajian, Victor Tsai, Diana Valencia, and Helge Gonnermann. Used with permission.) Group 4 ( PDF ) (Courtesy of Sabine Stanley, Maureen Long, Scott Lundin, and Karin Louzada. Used with permission.)