Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

GPH 201 — Introduction to Earth Physics

GPH department course · Nigerian universities

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Course contents

The earth’s history. The earth’s interior. Seismicity and earthquake zones. The nature of the gravity field of the earth. The measurement of gravity and the figure of the earth. The Earth’s magnetic field. Rock magnetism, polar wandering and the continental drift. Heat flow and geo thermometry.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study GPH 201.

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