Teaching
Courses and Thesis projects
Tectonophysics is mainly taught at the Masters level. If you are interested in studying Tectonophysics at Utrecht University, we recommend a Bachelors degree in Earth Sciences with a minor in Physics. An alternative is that you first obtain a Bachelors degree in Physics, preferentially with a Minor in Geophysics.
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Master's courses |
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Tectonophysics |
Wortel and Govers |
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Tectonophysical modeling |
Govers and Meijer |
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Dynamics of the Earth's mantle |
Spakman |
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Dynamics of basins and orogens |
Vissers and Meijer |
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Computational geophysics |
Van den Berg |
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Lithosphere applications of thef inite element method |
Govers |
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Geophysics Seminar |
Spakman |
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Available MSc projects |
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Dynamic topography near slab edges |
Govers |
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Numerical rock deformation |
Govers |
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Separation of the Arabia plate from Africa |
Meijer, Wortel, Govers |
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Collision tectonics at Cocos and Carnegie Ridge |
Govers and Wortel |
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Model/data comparison for Mediterranean circulation at the Last Glacial Maximum |
Meijer |
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Numerical modelling of stratigraphy: Accounting for subsidence |
Meijer |
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Numerical modelling of stratigraphy: The role of temporal averaging |
Meijer |
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Master project requirements (in Dutch) |
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Available BSc projects |
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Geophysical evaluation of the movie "2012" |
Govers |
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A comparison of “mediterranean-type“ basins (Literature study) |
Meijer |
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What makes a marine connectiona gateway? |
Meijer and Krijgsman |
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Quantification of aspects of paleogeographical evolution |
Meijer and Van der Meulen |
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Evolution of the Tonga and New Hebrides arcs |
Wortel and Govers |
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Sumatra earthquakes: did the 2004 Christmas earthquake trigger the March 28 2005 event? |
Wortel |