Physics 699 : Magnetotellurics and continental dynamics

Assignments 2011

Assignment 1 - basics of MT

  • Assignment 1 PDF

    Assignment 2 - Development of Plate tectonics

  • Assignment 2 PDF

    Papers to read

  • Wegener (1912), Summary of the classic work, HTML
  • Argand (1924) JPEG
  • Simpson (1940), Mammals and land bridges, HTML
  • McKenzie and Parker, Nature (1967), Plate tectonics on a sphere PDF
  • McKenzie and Morgan, Nature (1969), Plate tectonics on a sphere PDF
  • White et al., GSA Bulletin (1970), When was the word "subduction" first used? PDF
  • Atwater, GSA Bulletin (1970), Cenozoic tectonic evolution of North America, PDF
  • Carey, Earth Science Reviews, (1975), The expanding Earth - an essay review PDF

    Assignment 3 - Numerical solutions to the MT forward problem

  • Assignment 3 PDF

    Assignment 4 - ATLAS symposium

  • Assignment 4 PDF
  • Symposium schedule PDF

    Assignment 5 - Early papers on MT

  • Assignment 5 PDF

    Papers to read

  • Cagniard (1953), Basic theory of the magnetotelluric method of geophsyical prospecting, PDF
  • Cantwell (1961), Preliminary report on crustal magnetotelluric measurements, PDF
  • Madden and Nelson (1963), A defense of Cagniard's magnetotelluric method, PDF
  • Unsworth (2010), Magnetotelluric studies of active Continent-Continent collisions, PDF

    Last updated April 8 2011