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2019

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Lesson 1

  • Lesson overview
    • Learning objectives
    • Lesson video
  • A few useful NumPy functions
    • Getting started
      • Defining arrays with a fixed number of increments
      • Defining arrays with a fixed increment between values
      • Generating random numbers with NumPy
  • Basic statistical terms and concepts
    • Populations and samples
  • Uncertainty
    • Some general uncertainty concepts
  • Reporting measurements
    • Reporting a measured value
    • Standard deviation versus standard error
  • The normal distribution
  • Exercise 1
    • General hints for Exercise 1
      • Sigma notation
    • Problem 1
      • Function docstrings
    • Problem 2
      • Skipping rows reading data with Pandas
      • Dropping NA values
      • Volcanoes above sea level
      • Column name in Part 5
    • Problem 3
      • Plotting a horizontal line (for the bar plots)
      • Creating arrays of numbers between two values
      • Gaussian troubles
      • Creating and appending to lists
      • Adding columns to a DataFrame

Lesson 2

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    • Learning objectives
    • Lesson video
  • Least squares regressions
  • Linear correlation
  • Goodness-of-fit calculations
  • Exercise 2
    • General hints for Exercise 2
      • Formatting numbers in Python
    • Hints for Problem 1
      • Returning more than one value
      • Plotting your regression lines
      • Calculating summations
      • Shorthand Python notation for adding to a variable

Lesson 3

  • Lesson 3 overview
    • Learning objectives
    • Lesson video
  • Solving the diffusion equation
    • Goals
    • General requirements - diffusion
    • Hillslope transport
      • Transfer proportional to gradient
      • Mass conservation
    • Diffusion equation for hillslope transport
    • Solving the diffusion equation in steady state
      • General scenario
      • Applying the boundary conditions
      • Finding integration constant 1
      • Finding integration constant 2
    • Features of our predictive model
  • Exercise 3
    • Hints for Exercise 3

Lesson 4

  • Lesson 4 overview
    • Learning objectives
    • Lesson video
  • Solving the advection-diffusion equation
    • Goals of these notes
    • Advection-diffusion equation in 1D
    • Solutions to the steady-state advection-diffusion equation
      • Constant gradient \(g\) at surface
      • Constant temperature \(T_{L}\) at \(z=L\)
    • The Peclet number
    • Advection-diffusion equation take-home messages
    • Caveats
  • Exercise 4
    • Hints for Exercise 4
      • Problem 1: Calculating dh/dt (see also hint below)
      • Problem 1: Calculating the channel slope
      • Problem 2: Units

Lesson 5

  • Lesson 5 overview
    • Learning objectives
    • Lesson video
  • Viscous flow down an incline
    • Goals
    • Linear viscous flow
      • Shear stress in the fluid
      • Linking to viscous flow
    • Viscous flow take-home messages
    • Caveats
  • Theory for Exercise 5
    • Problem 1
    • Problem 2
  • Exercise 5
    • Hints for Exercise 5
      • Problem 2: Solving for the unknown pressures in Equation 10
    • Problem 4
      • Solving for the unknown term in Equation 19
      • Goodness-of-fit warning message

Lesson 6

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    • Scientific journal articles
    • Additional materials
    • Lesson video
  • Exercise 6
    • Hints for Exercise 6

Lesson 7

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    • Scientific journal articles
    • Additional materials
    • Lesson video
  • Exercise 7
    • Hints for Exercise 7
      • Adding a cell for the misfit function
      • Comparing a single predicted age to multiple measured ages
      • Problem 1, Part 3
      • Problem 1, Part 4 example plot
      • Plotting predicted ages as horizontal lines

Final report

  • Final paper information
    • Abstract
    • Introduction (2-4 paragraphs)
    • Geological background (1-3 paragraphs)
    • Methods (at least 1 paragraph)
    • Results (at least 1 paragraph)
    • Discussion (several paragraphs)
    • Conclusions/Summary (1-2 paragraphs)
    • References
    • Appendices
    • Grading rubric
  • Scientific articles for the final paper
    • General thermochronology papers
    • Himalaya review papers
    • Bhutan Himalaya papers
  • Final paper template
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