Present state, temporary variation, and basic model of the geomagneic and planetary magnetic fields are learned.
Deep structure and dynamics of the Earth and planets are learned through the global magnetic field.
Geomagnetic field, Planetary magnetic field, Paleomagnetism, Dynamo theory
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Lecture and Exercise
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Overview of the geomagnetism and planetary magnetism | Earth and Planaetary magnetism are overviewed concerning individual fields. |
Class 2 | Reearch History of the the geomagnetism and planetary magnetism | How has the scientific knowledge of the geomagnetism been developed? |
Class 3 | Observation of the geomagnetic field | How do we observe the geomagnetic field? |
Class 4 | Observation of the geomagnetic field: Exercise | Have exercises about the observation. |
Class 5 | Exploration of the planetary magnetic field | What is the problem on the observation of planetary magnetic field? What is the current knowledge of the planetary magnetic field? |
Class 6 | Exploration of the planetary magnetic field: Exercise | Have exercises about the planetary magnetic field. |
Class 7 | Rock magnetism (1): Magnetic minerals and remanent magnetizations | What is themagnetic mineral in the rock? How does the rock acquire magnetization? |
Class 8 | Rock magnetism (2): Coercivity and blocking temparature | Is the rock magnetization stable? |
Class 9 | Rock magnetism: Exercise | Have exercises about the rock magnetism. |
Class 10 | Paleomagnetism (1) : Fundamentals | What are the objective and method of the paleomagnetism? |
Class 11 | Paleomagnetism (2) : Secular variation and paleointensity | How has the geomagnetic field been changed with time? |
Class 12 | Paleomagnetism (3) : Polarity reversal | What is the polarity reversal of the geomagnetic field? |
Class 13 | Paleomagnetism: Exercise | Have exercises about the paleomagnetism. |
Class 14 | Dynamo theory of the geomagnetic field | What is the basic mechanism of the geodynamo? |
Class 15 | Dynamo theory of the geomagnetic field: Exercise | Have exercises about the dynamo theory. |
No specific textbook
Supplementary materials are given at the lecture.
Will be determiend with exercises.
Electromagnetism