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2025-2026 Binghamton University Academic Guide 
    
2025-2026 Binghamton University Academic Guide

GEOL 451 - Geophysics II


Credits: 4

Fundamental aspects of solid earth geophysics: gravity, rotational dynamics, tides; equations of state of the interior; geothermal heat flow, Earth’s thermal history; geomagnetic field. Observations and theory emphasized. Three one-hour lectures, one-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: MATH 371, PHYS 331 and 341