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Mass Distribution of the Earth GEO-3010 University of Utah Fan-Chi Lin
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Reading – Chapter 1-3 of the textbook Lecture Note for week 1 – http://noise.earth.utah.edu/GEO3010/ Announcement
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What do we know about the mass distribution of the Earth?
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Earth Total Mass?
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Earth Mass Equation of Gravity
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Earth Mass Equation of Gravity Gravitational acceleration
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How can we estimate Gravitational constant?
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Gravitational Constant
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Earth Mass G=6.67384 × 10 -11 m 3 kg -1 s -2 r=6,371 km g=9.8 m s -2 Equation of Gravity Gravitational acceleration
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Earth Mass M≈5.96× 10 24 kg Equation of Gravity Gravitational acceleration
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Any other way to estimate earth mass?
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Earth Mass Equation of Gravity Centrifugal Force
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Earth Mass Equation of Gravity Centrifugal Force
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Earth Mass Equation of Gravity Centrifugal Force
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Earth Mass Equation of Gravity Centrifugal Force
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Earth Mass Equation of Gravity Centrifugal Force G=6.67384 × 10 -11 m 3 kg -1 s -2 r=385,000 km
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Earth Mass Equation of Gravity Centrifugal Force G=6.67384 × 10 -11 m 3 kg -1 s -2 r=385,000 km T= 27.3 days
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Earth Mass Equation of Gravity Centrifugal Force G=6.67384 × 10 -11 m 3 kg -1 s -2 r=385,000 km T= 27.3 days
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Earth Mass Equation of Gravity Centrifugal Force M≈6 × 10 24 kg
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Mass Distribution
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Rock Density
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Mass Distribution Volume of a sphere: R=385,000 km Earth radius:
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Mass Distribution Volume of a sphere: R=385,000 km Earth radius: M≈5.96× 10 24 kg
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Density increases with depth!
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What Control Density?
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H2OH2O
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H2OH2O
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Composition Pressure Temperature
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Phase Transition
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Constraining Mass Distribution using Moment of Inertia
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Moment of Inertia of the Earth
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Precession
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Latsis foundation (2001)
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Normal Model
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String Mode
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What is normal mode?
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2004 Sumatra earthquake (Park et al., 2005, Science)
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Spheroidal and toroidal modes (Breathing mode, 20.5 min) (44 min)
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1D earth model
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