ERTH 462 - Physics and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior

(3 units)

Prerequisites: ERTH 240, ERTH 428; PHYS 152.
Structure and composition of the Earth’s interior. Origin and evolution of the Earth. Review of geophysical data, petrologic analyses, and other types of evidence for Earth structure and compositional models.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hrs.) Not open for credit to students with prior credit in GEOL 462.