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Introduction to Seismology: Geology 8350
Instructor: Eric Sandvol, sandvole@missouri.edu
Mailing address: 101 Geology Building
Office: Room 9 Geology Building
Phone: 884-9616
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00
pm-3:00 pm and by appointment
Overview
In this course we will be studying the fundamental theories of earthquake seismology.This course will begin by dealing with basic continuum dynamics and elasiticity theory We will then learn the basic tenets of earthquake location, seismic source theory, body waves and surface waves. We will also cover the fundamentals of inverse theory and how we apply this theory to solve for the properties of the earth's interior. This course will require that you have a basic background in Calculus and Calculus based physics.
Pn tomography for the Middle East (Al Lazki et al., 2003).
Grading
30 % Final Exam
20 % Mid term Exam
25 % Homework
25 % Final Project
Primary Reference Book:
Modern Global Seismology; Lay and Wallace
Secondary Reference Books (Advanced):
An introduction to the theory of seismology; K.E. Bullen and B. Bolt
Seismic Waves and Sources; A. Ben-Menahem and S. Singh
Quantitative Seismology; Aki and Richards
Geophysical Inverse Theory; W. Menke
Secondary References (Introductory):
The Solid Earth; C.M.R. Fowler
Inside the Earth; B Bolt
Shear Wave Splitting Analysis:
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