After comleting the course GEOV254 the student should know how to:
- solve the heat equation for simple geologic problems
- create Matlab programs to calculate temperature and heat flow for various geological scenarios
- create Matlab programs to calculate dependent strength within the lithosphere
- explain Eulerian and Lagrangian reference frames
- explain the concepts of uplift, subsidence, burial, exhumation, denudation
- explain local and regional isostasy, and solve simple isostatic problems related to erosion and sedimentation
- describe the basis for the equation showing depth of the oceans as function of age
- describe the McKenzie rift model, and explain the concepts crust and mantle stretching factors, backstripping, tectonic, thermal, and isostatic subsidence
- explain fundamentals of stress and strain
- explain what controls the rheology of the oceanic and continental lithosphere
- explain erosion models at an orogenic scale, and short and long term transport mechanisms