Problem Set #5

GG5210/6211

Autumn 2006

Due October 9, 2006

 

 

Practical Problems in Isostasy and Stress

 

Do all homework yourself and show all calculations.  You may use MatLab/Maple to do these problems where applicable.

 

Do the following problems illustrating stress in the earth, complete with details of the math, from the textbook: Turcotte and Schubert (2002):  2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-14, 2-19 and 2-20.

 

Also use your MatLab scripts to do such problems applicable such as 2-19.



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