GEOS 596F: Intermediate Seismology
Susan L. Beck, George Zandt and Linda Warren, Instructors
Spring 2008
Susan Beck |
| Requirements: | GEOS 432/532 Introduction to Global
Seismology or equivalent Knowledge of basic computer scripts in a UNIX-type operating system |
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| Credits: | 3 | |
| Time & Place: | Monday 1:30-3:30 pm, Wednesday 10:00-11:00 am, Gould-Simpson Room 303 | |
| Useful Books: | An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes and Earth Structure by S. Stein and M. Wysession Introduction to Seismology by Peter M. Shearer |
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| Goals: | Gain experience working with global seismic data and computing synthetic seismograms for Earth structure and earthquake source applications. | |
| Grading: | 70% Homework/projects, 30% Presentations. Do your own work! Although you may work in groups, you must do and show your own work on anything you turn in. All assignments are due on time unless prior arrangements are made. |
Syllabus:
| Week | Dates | Topic | Instructors |
| Week 1 | January 23 | Organization, class expectations & Introduction to synthetic seismograms and plane waves | Beck |
| Week 2 | January 28/30 | Plane waves and receiver functions | Beck/Calkins |
| Week 3 | February 2/6 | Reflectivity synthetic seismograms | Zandt/Calkins |
| Week 4 | February 11/13 | Reflectivity synthetic seismograms | Zandt/Calkins |
| Week 5 | February 18/20 | Anisotropy and shear wave splitting | Zandt/Frassetto |
| Week 6 | February 25/27 | Anisotropy and shear wave splitting | Zandt/Biryol/Frassetto |
| Week 7 | March 3/5 | Surface waves and dispersion | Warren |
| Week 8 | March 10/12 | Surface waves and dispersion | Warren |
| Week 9 | March 17/19 | Spring Break - no class | |
| Week 10 | March 24/26 | Earthquake sources | Beck |
| Week 11 | March 31/April 2 | Prepare for and attend GeoDaze | |
| Week 12 | March 7/9 | Moment tensor inversions | Beck/Warren |
| Week 13 | March 14/16 | Directivity and finite fault ruptures | Beck/Warren |
| Week 14 | March 21/23 | Finite fault ruptures | Beck/Biryol |