Online Courses Handbook 2003

6549 (v.6) Geophysical Geodesy 682

Area:	Department of Spatial Sciences
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Admission: to a Postgraduate Spatial Science program.
Directed study and research. Geodynamics - geodetic and geophysical setting, terrestrial reference frames. Precise satellite positioning - fiducial global positioning system (GPS), satellite laser ranging, very long baseline interferometry. Plate tectonics and crustal deformation, vertical and horizontal movements, deformation at plate boundaries, loading and flexure, post glacial rebound, tide gauges and geoid modelling. Interpretations. Case studies.