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Course details
Course code: IGS20057o11Semester: 2011/2012 summer
Name: Geodynamics
Major: Geodesy and Cartography
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Olgierd Jamroz
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course in English will be available if a minimum of 6 students sign up for a group.
Learning outcomes: Passing the course allows to understand phenomenas that occur on the surface and in the Earth inner and also modelling processes connected with Earth’s dynamics.
Competences: Passing the course allows to continue the third level of the study as well as leading scientific researches.
Prerequisites: geodesy and geodetic astronomy, satellite geodesy
Course content: Plate tectonics, convection, plate collisions, spreading and subduction, Earth inner evolution, volcanism, Earth seismicity, absolute reference system, direct and indirect research methods, tidal and non-tidal deformations, gravity fluctuations, changes of axis direction of Earth rotation and speed of Earth rotation, VLBI, SLR, LLR, GPS, paleomagnetism, plate and polar motion reconstructions, international and national projects neotectonical and recent crust movements, glacier motion, Earth orbit changes, isostasy, El Nino, bathymetry.
Recommended literature: 1. Turcotte D.L., Schubert G.: „Geodynamics”, Cambridge University Press, USA 2002; 2. Fowler C.M.R.: „The Solid Earth. An Introduction to Global Geophysics”, 2nd ed. , Cambridge University Press, UK 2004; 3. Kearey P., Klepeis K. A., Vine F.J.: „Global Tectonics“, Wiley-Blackwell Publ., 3rd ed., UK, 2009; 4. Barlik M.: „Wstęp do teorii figury Ziemi”, Ofic. Wyd. Politechniki Warszawskiej, Warszawa 1995; 5. Barlik M.: „Wybrane zagadnienia z geofizyki”, Wyd. Politechniki Warszawskiej, Warszawa 1986; 6. Czarnecki K.: „Geodezja współczesna w zarysie”, Wyd. Wiedza i Życie, Warszawa 1994; 7. Dadlez R., Jaroszewski W.: „Tektonika”, PWN, Warszawa 1994; „Niwelacja precyzyjna”, praca zbior., PPWK, Warszawa-Wrocław 1993; 8. Teisseyre R. i wsp.: „Fizyka i ewolucja wnętrza Ziemi”, PWN Warszawa 1983; 9. Namysłowska-Wilczyńska B.: „Geostatystyka, teoria i zastosowania”, Oficyna Wyd. Politechniki Wrocławskiej, Wrocław 2006; 10. Migoń. P.: „Geomorfologia”, PWN, Warszawa 2006; 11. Stacey F.D., Davis P.M. „Physics of the Earth” Cambridge University Press, USA 2008; 12. Gupta H.K. et al. “Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics”, Springer, The Netherlans 2011
Assessment methods: obligatory passing grades of practical training and lectures courses after 1st semester
Comment: Course will be open for minimum 6 participants