Stefan Wiemer: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2015

Name Prof. Dr. Stefan Wiemer
FieldSeismology
Address
Schweiz. Erdbebendienst (SED)
ETH Zürich, NO H 61
Sonneggstrasse 5
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telephone+41 44 633 38 57
E-mailstefan.wiemer@sed.ethz.ch
DepartmentEarth and Planetary Sciences
RelationshipFull Professor

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
651-3341-AALLithosphere Information
Enrolment only for MSc students who need this course as additional requirement.
3 credits6RE. Kissling, S. Wiemer
AbstractComprehensive understanding of role and evolution of oceanic and continental lithosphere in global plate tectonics and evolution of earth. Understanding principles of theoretical and experimental geothermics and fundamentals of mantle and lithosphere rheologies.
Learning objectiveComprehensive understanding of role and evolution of oceanic and continental lithosphere in global plate tectonics and evolution of earth. Understanding principles of theoretical and experimental geothermics and fundamentals of mantle and lithosphere rheologies.
ContentConcept of lithosphere-asthenosphere system in plate tectonics. Physics, chemistry, and rheology of crust and uppermost mantle. Thermal, chemical, and mechanical evolution and destruction/subduction of oceanic lithosphere and evolution of continents. Continental growth, example Europe. Fundamentals of rheology and geothermics of the mantle-lithosphere-crust system.
Lecture notesDetailed scriptum in digital form and additional learning moduls (www.lead.ethz.ch) available on intranet.
Literaturesee list in scriptum.
Prerequisites / NoticePPT-files of each lecture may be played back for rehearsal on www.lead.ethz.ch.
701-1502-00LTransdisciplinary Case Study Information Restricted registration - show details 7 credits15PM. Stauffacher, S. Wiemer
AbstractThis course is project-based and organized in a real-world context. Students deal with complex, societally relevant problems where environmental issues are key and that demand mutual learning among science and society.
Learning objectiveStudents learn how to plan and organize their work in groups, how to structure complex problems, how to use empirical methods and how to organise transdisciplinary collaboration between research and people from outside academia.