Materials of Earth’s Deep Interior

 Introduction to the Earth’s interior:

Overview of the Earth’s internal structure, Earth Formation, Meteorites and Planetary models Mineralogical composition.

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 Crystal Structure:

Crystal Systems, Space groups, Earth forming minerals, Experimental Techniques in mineral Physics.

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 Mantle:

Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the upper mantle and lower mantle, Elasticity, seismic properties; Rheology.

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 Core:

Basic structure and composition of the outer and inner core, seismic signatures in the core, density and the light elements in the core.