Course details#
Course meetings#
Class sessions (On Zoom)
14:15-16:00 on Mondays (1.11-29.11, 13.12)
08:15-10:00 on Tuesday (7.12)
Exercise support sessions (BK106, Exactum, and on Zoom if needed)
09:15-13:00 on Fridays (5.11-17.12)
Instructors#
David Whipp, course instructor
Office: C417, Exactum
Leevi Tuikka, course assistant
Office: C426, Exactum
Course website#
Main course site: https://introqg.github.io
Geo-Python course site: https://geo-python.github.io
Textbooks#
There are no required textbooks for this course. This course uses a wide range of sources for course information and the main textbooks are given below.
Recommended textbooks (in order of relevance):
Zelle, J. (2010) Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science, Second edition. Franklin, Beedle & Associates.
Stüwe, K. (2007) Geodynamics of the Lithosphere, Second edition. Springer.
Braun, J., van der Beek, P. and Batt, G. (2006) Quantitative Thermochronology: Numerical Methods for the Interpretation of Thermochronological Data, First edition. Cambridge University Press.
Taylor, J. R. (1997) An Introduction to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements, Second edition. University Science Books.
Optional textbooks:
Pelletier, J. (2008) Quantitative Modeling of Earth Surface Processes, First edition. Springer.
Trauth, M. H. (2010) MATLAB® Recipes for Earth Sciences, Third edition. Springer.
Beazley, D. M. (2012) Python Essential Reference, Fourth edition. Addison-Wesley.